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CAPT. LEONARD BLEEKER, 



MAJOR OF BRIGADE 



IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 



EXPEDITION UNDER GEN. JAMES CLINTON, 



AGAINST THE 



Indian Settlements of Wejiern New York, 



Campaign of 1779. 





NEW YORK : 

JOSEPH SABIN, 84 NASSAU STREET. 

1865. 




INTRODUCTION. 




iHE Atrocities perpetrated by the 
Indian Tribes of Weftern New- 
York, upon the Frontiers of New- 
York and Pennfylvania, and efpecially 
the Maffacres of Cherry Valley and 
Wyoming, in 1778, led to a Determina- 
tion upon an Invafion of the Indian Country, and 
the utter Devaflation and Ruin of their Villages 
and Improvements, with the View of difabling 
them from further Hoftilities, and of compelling 
them to fue for Peace, by forcing them to experi- 
ence in its full Severity, the Miferies of War. 

Thefe energetic Meafures, although attended 
with Circumftances of prefent Hardship and Suffer- 
ing, were dictated by an enlightened Humanity, 
and the Refult juftified the Wifdom and Benevo- 
lence 



4 IntroduBion. 

lence of the Enterprife. Although Inftances of 
individual Murders by lurking Savages, and their 
more brutal AlHes the Tories, afterwards occurred^ 
and Expeditions for Purpofes of Plunder and De- 
ftruction were fent out by the Enemy, there were 
no more wanton and general MafTacres upon our 
Frontiers. 

The Commander-in-Chief having determined, 
upon the Expedition, firft offered its Command to 
Gen. Gates, who declined the Service, in Terms 
which Gen. Wafhington confidered rude and 
difcourteous.^ The Expedition was finally en- 
trufted to Maj. Gen. John Sullivan, and was made 
to confift of the Brigades of Generals Clinton, 
Maxwell, Poor, and Hand, with a Detachment of 
Troops from Ulfter County, under Col. Pawling. 
Gen. Clinton was diredled to pafs up the Mo- 
hawk, to Canajoharie, and from thence tranfport 
his Boats and Supplies by Land to Otfego Lake, 
from whence, upon receiving Orders, he was to 
defcend the Sufquehannah, and form a Jun(5tion 
with the Main Army under Gen. Sullivan, at 
Tioga Point, and proceed with him up the Che- 
mung River into the Indian Country. 

General 

» Sparks's Life and Writings of Wajhington. 



IntroduBion. t 

Gen. Sullivan, marched with three Brigades 
from Eafton to Wyoming, and from thence, after 
a long and moft harraffing Delay, attributed by 
him to the Diflionefty of Contradtors and other 
Caufes, he marched on the laft Day of July, with 
very inadequate Supplies, and thefe of inferior 
Quality. And on the nth of Auguft, reached 
Tioga Point. A Detachment was fent forward to 
Chemung, twelve Miles diftant, the next Day, 
who difperfed a Body of Indians, with the Lofs of 
feven of their Number, burned a Village and re- 
turned to the Army. In a Bend of the River, he 
eredted a defenfive Work called Fort Sullivan, and 
awaited Gen. Clinton, who arrived on the 22d of 
that Month. 

Gen. James Clinton, was at the Time when 
the Expedition was planned, in Command of the 
Northern Department, and Rationed at Albany. 
The Brigade under his Command, in the Service 
affigned him in this Expedition, was made up of 
Detachments of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth 
New York, Fourth Pennfylvania, and Sixth Maf- 
fachufetts Continental Battalions, with a Company 
of Artillery and of Riflemen, confifting in all of 
about fifteen hundred Men. 

By 



6 IntroduBion. 

By Refolutions of Congrefs, pafled in February, 
1779, a Plan for the Department of Infpedor 
General was eftablifhed, in which it was provided 
that an Officer of the Line, fhould be detailed 
from each Brigade, to perform Duties analogous to 
thofe of Affiftant Adjutant General as now defined. 
The Office thus created, was that of Major of 
Brigade, and Capt. Leonard Bleeker of Col. 
Ganfevoort's Regiment (Third New York Line), 
was (eledted by Gen. Clinton for this Duty. 

The General Order Book which Capt. Bleeker 
was required to keep, in the Difcharge of his Duties 
in this Office, forms the Text of this Volume. It 
contains the Orders and Details which related to 
this Branch of the Expedition, during the earlier 
Part of its Progrefs. It ends abruptly on the 23d 
of Auguft, foon after the Junction of Gen. Clinton 
with the main Army under Gen. Sullivan. On that 
date, Maj. Nicholas Fifh fucceeded Capt. Bleeker, in 
the Office of Major of Brigade, and the Record 
pafTed into another Hand and another Book. 

The Volume, therefore, contains Nothing rela- 
tive to the Battle of Newtown, which was fought 
on the 29th of Auguft, or of the fubfequent Opera- 
tions of the Army, as it lingered five Weeks in the 

Enemy's 



IntroduBion. y 

Enemy's Country, ravaging and deflroying every 
Veftige of Property or Provifions that could be 
found. 

In all, eighteen Villages, one hundred and fixty 
thoufand Bufhels of Corn, and immenfe Quantities 
of Beans and other Provifions were deftroyed. 
The Army returned to Eafton, Pa., with a lofs of 
only about forty Men. 

The Refult of this Expedition, w^as highly fatis- 
factory, and on the 14th of Od:ober, 1779, Con- 
grefs palTed the following Refolutions : 

** Refolved, That the Thanks of Congrefs be 
given to His Excellency General Washington, for 
directing, and to Major General Sullivan and the 
brave Officers and Soldiers under his Command, 
for efFed:ually executing an important Expedition 
againft fuch of the Indian Nations, as encouraged 
by the Councils and conduded by the Officers of 
His Britannic Majefty, had perfidioufly waged an 
unprovoked and cruel War againft thefe United 
States, laid wafte many of their defencelefs Towns, 
and with favage Barbarity flaughtered the Inhabit- 
ants thereof. 

Refolved, That it will be proper to fet apart the 

fecond 



8 IntroduBion. 

fecond Thurfday in December next, as a day of 
General Thankfgiving in thefe United States, and 
that a Committee be appointed to prepare a Re- 
commendation to the faid States for this Purpofe." 

This Volume will be found chiefly interefting as 
a Contribution to the Local Hiftory of the Mo- 
hawk Valley and Otfego County, and as a Record 
of Army Regulations and Ufages in the Revolu- 
tionary War. It will correct or confirm the local 
Traditions relative to the Progrefs of the Army, 
and the Incidents which attended its Movements. 
As a Record of the Prad:ice of military Camps, its 
Value will be recognized by every Student of the 
Hiftory of Ta(5tics, and of the progreffive Develop- 
ment of the Science of Arms. A Knowledge of 
thefe Details is effential to a full Underftanding of 
Hiftory. Thus, by its reflediing Light upon the Sub- 
ject, rather than as Hiftory itfelf, may this Volume 
be claimed as a Contribution to our American 
Annals, and as a further Illuftration of the Revolu- 
tionary Period. 

F. B. H. 




ORDER BOOK. 



In Congrefs, Feb^ iS''^ I779- 

Plan for the Department of Inspector 
General.^ 

Refolved : 

HAT there be an Inrpe6tor Gen^ 
to the Armies of the United 
States, with the Rank of Major 
Gen^j who in all future Appoint- 
ments, fhall be taken from the 
Line of Major Generals. 

That the Duty of the Infpe6lor 
Gen^ fhall principally conlift in forming a Siftem 
of Regulations for the Exercife of the Troops 
in the Manuel Evolutions and Manceuvers, for 
the Service of Guards and Detachments and for 
Camps and Garrifon Duty. 




That 



1 The Committee that reported this Plan for the Department 
of Infpeaor General, confifted of Mr. M. Smith, Mr. Ellery, Mr. 
Ellfworth, Mr. Paca, and Mr. T. Adams. The firft Incum- 
bent of the Office of Infpe£i:or General was the Baron Steuben. 
B 



lo Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

That the Infpedtor Gtn^ and his Affiftants, (hall 
exerciie the Troops at fuch Times and Places, 
and receive fuch Returns for that Purpofe as the 
Commander-in-Chief, or Commanding Officer in 
a Department fhall Diredb ; at which Reviews, he 
or they fhall infpedt the Number and Condition 
of the Men, their Difcipline and Exercife, and the 
State of their Arms, Accoutrements, and Clothing ; 
obferving what of thefe Articles have been loft or 
fpoiled lince laft Review, and as near as poffible 
by what Means ; reporting the Same ; with the 
Difference and Negled: to the Commander-in- 
Chief, or the Commanding Officer of a Depart- 
ment, or to the Board of War. 

That all new Manceuvers fhall be introduced by 
the Infpedior General, and all old Ones performed 
according to the eftablifhed Principals under his 
Superintendency ; but he fhall not introduce or 
practice any Regulations relative to the Objects of 
his Department, fave fuch as are made and. eftab- 
lifhed in the Manner following : All Regulations 
whatfoever to be finally approved and eftablifhed 
by Congrefs. But the Exigence of the Service 
requiring it, temporary Ones may from Time to 
Time be introduced by the Infpedfor Gen^, with 
the Approbation of the Commander-in-Chief. 
Thefe Regulations to be communicated to the 
Army through the Adj*^ Gen^, and to be tranfmitted 
to the Board, of War with all convenient Difpatch, 
that being examined and reported by them to 

Congrefs, 



Order Book. 1 1 

Congrefs, they may be rejed:ed, altered, ^mended, 
or confirm'd, as Congrefs (hall deem proper. 

That there be as many Sub-Infpediors, as the 
Commander-in-Chief, or commanding in a De- 
partment, {hall, on Coniideration of the Strength 
and Situation of the Army, from Time to Time, 
deem necelTary ; to be taken from the Line of 
Lieu*^ Colonels, and to receive their Inftrudiion 
relative to the Department from the Infpedior 
Genl. 

That there be one Brigade Infpedlor to each 
Brigade, w^ho fhall be one the Majors of the Brigade, 
and that the Office of Brigade Infpe(ftor, fhall in 
future be annexed to that of Major of Brigade. 
He {hall accordingly keep a Ro{l:er of the Battal- 
lions of his Brigade, regulate the Details, and take 
care of the Formation and March of the Guards, 
Detachment, &c., from the Brigade; he is to re- 
ceive the Gen^ Orders, and communicate them to 
the Commanding Officer of the Brigade and 
Regiments, and through the Adjutants, to all the 
Officers of Brigade. He is as far as concerns his 
Brigade, to InfpecSt the Police of the Camp, the 
Description and Order of the Service. In Time of 
A(5lion, he is to affifl in executing the neceffary 
Manceuvers of the Brigade, according to the 
Orders of the Brigadier or the Officer command- 
ing ; he is to do no Duty in the Line. 

That all the Officers of Infped:or{hip, having 
Appointments in the Line, fhall retain their Right 

of 



12 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

of Command, Succeffion, and Promotion, in the 
fame Manner as if the had not alTiimed the Office. 
But as the Duties of this Department are fufficient 
to employ their whole Time, they are to fufpend 
the Exercife of their refpedtive Commands, except 
on particular Occafions, when the Commander- 
in-Chief, or the Commanding Officer in a Depart- 
ment may deem it neceffary to inveft them with 
Command, they are to be exempted from all com- 
mon Camp and Garrifon Duty, that they may 
attend more carefully of thofe of the Infpedlion, 
and in time of Ad;ion, they are to be employ'd in 
the Execution of Field Manoeuvers. 

That the Infpedtor Gen^, fo far as it relates to 
the Infpedtion of the Army, be fubjedt to the 
Orders of Congrefs, the Board of War, and the 
Commander-in-Chief; but the Sub-Infped:or fhall 
alfo be fubjedl to the Officers commanding Divi- 
fions, and Brigades to which they are attached, on 
the Principles herein eftablifhed. 

That there (hall be allowed to the Infpedtor 
Gen^, in coniideration of the extraordinary Expence 
which attend the Execution of his Office, 84 
Dollars per Month, in addition of the Pay and 
Rations of a Maj^ Gen^ heretofore provided. 
Extrad: from the Minutes. 

Charles Thomson, Sec^ 

The Honorable, the Congrefs, having been 
pleafed by a Refolve of the 29'^ of March laft, to 

eftablifh 



Order Book. 13 

eftablifh a Syftem of Regulations for the Order 
and Difipline of the Troops of the United States. 
The Commander-in-Chief flatters himfelf that all 
Officers imprefled with Importance of a Regular 
Syflem of Manoeuvres and Difcipline, will zealoufly 
employ themfelves to become thoroughly acquainted 
with thefe Regulations, and with all poffible 
Punctuality and Difpatch, to put them in Practice 
within the Limits of their refpedlive Commands. 
To forward this deflrable Purpofe the Infped:or Gen^ 
will immediately, enter upon the Exercife of his 
Office as eftablifhed by Congrefs, and the Gen^ rely- 
ing upon his Zeal and Intelligence, of which he has 
already given Proofs, and the laudable Spirit of 
Emulation which prevails throughout the Army 
doubts not, that we fhall with Succefs equal to our 
warmeft Wifhes. 

The Infpedor Gen^ will take Care that Coppies 
of the Regulations are distributed to all the Regi- 
ments, one for each Officer (if poffible)^ who is to 
be Anfwerable for the Copy he receives, and in 
Cafe of his quitting the Regiment, is to Deliver it 
up to the commanding Officer. He will alfo give 
the neceflary Inftrudlions to the Sub-Infped:ors and 
Majors of Brigades, relative to the Duties they are 
to perform. He will see that an uniform Forma- 
tion take Place forthwith in the feveral Regiments ; 
and whenever he perceive a Regiments so reduced 
as not to be able to turn out under Arms, the 
Number prefcribed for forming a Ba^", he is to 

report 



14- Capt. Leonard Bkeker's 

report the fame to the Commander-in-Chief, that 
the neceffary Arrangement may be made accord- 
ingly. For the Prefent, the Ba^^ are to be divided 
into eight Companys, from which the Company 
of Light Infantry will hereafter be drawn. 

He will vilit by Turns the different Regiments 
at the Hours of Exercife, and fee that everything 
is conducted in ftrid: Conformity to the Regula-. 
tions. He will at all Times pay particular Atten- 
tion, that the Service of the Guards be performed 
with the greateft Exadlnefs. He muft as fpeedily 
as poffible, review, himfelf, or caufe to be review'd 
by his Sub~Infpe6tors, the feveral Regiments on 
the Ground, in which Review he will caufe the 
following Returns to be made, viz : 

I ft. The Number of Officers non-commiffioned 
and Men prefent, and thofe that are abfent, with 
Place where, and on what Account they are 
Abfent, together with the Number of Officers and 
Men wanting to compleat the Arrangement of 
March, 1778. 

2ndly. The Number and Condition of the Arms, 
Ammunition, and Accoutrements. 

3dly. The State of the Mens Clothing and 
Necefiaries, the Qualification of the non-commif- 
fioned Officers, particularly the One who is pro- 
pofed for the firft Serjeant of the Company, to be 
particularly examin'd. 

The Sub-Infped:ors are to confider themfelves 
at all Times, fubjedt to the Orders of the com- 
manding 



Order Book. 15 

manding Officers of Diviiions, to which they are 
refpeftively attached. They are to receive their 
Inftrudiions from the Inlpecftor Gen^, and are to 
fee that the new Regulations are carried ftridtly 
into Execution. 

They will take the Gen^ Order daily from the 
Adj' Gen^, and communicate them their Major 
Gen^ or Officer commanding the Divifion. They 
are alfo to receive all Divifion Orders, and com- 
municate them to the Major of Brigade, where 
the Divifion to which they belong is Detached, 
they are to perform the Duties of Adj^ Gen^, regu- 
lating the Details, on a March they remain with 
the Gen^ commanding, and affift in the execution 
of Manceuvres he may dired:. In Camp or Gar- 
rifon, they are to fee the eftablifhed Duties thereof 
regularly performed, &c., and are particularly to 
attend to the Formation, and above all the Service 
of the Guards. 

The Communication of Orders being of the 
greateft Importance in an Army, the Sub-Infpedlors 
are to take care that all the Orders are communi- 
cated with the greateft Precifion and Defpatch, and 
muft therefore fee that all Majors of Brigades them- 
felves takes the Orders regularly from the Adj"^ 
Genl And in cafe a Major of Brigade by Sick- 
nefs or other Caufe, is rendered unfit to take the 
Orders, that duty muft be performed by fome 
other Major of the Brigade, or the eldeft Captain. 

The Sub-Infped:ors are alfo to fee that the 

Majors 



1 6 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Majors of Brigade keep their Rofters and Details 
in exad: Orders; that no Regiment may furnifh 
more than its Proportion for the Service. 

In Camp the Sub-Infped:or will have daily 
two Orderly Serjeants from their Divifions, to 
carry Orders, and where in Detachment, if the 
Officer commanding has Cavallery with him, he 
will affign as many Horfemen as he thinks necef- 
fary for the fame Duty. 

The great Importance of the Duties of Majors 
of Brigades, rendering it Neceffary that thofe 
Pofts fhould at all Times be filled up with old 
experienced Officers, the Honorable, the Con- 
tinental Congrefs did on the i8th Febx laft refolve 
that the Majors of Brigade fhould be chofen by 
the Commander-in-Chief from among the Majors 
of Line, and that the Duties of Brigade Infpedtor 
fhould alfo be annexed to that Office. 

They are to confider themfelves at all Times 
under the Orders of the Officers commanding the 
Brigade to which they are refpedtively attached, 
and are to receive their Inftruftions relative to the 
Department, from the Infpedtor General or Sub- 
Infpedtor of Divifions. 

They are to remain in all Occafions with their 
Brigades, either on a March, in Camp, or in 
Quarters, and not with their Brigadier, as was 
formerly pradliced. 

They are to keep the Details of their refpedlive 
Brigades, and fee that everything prefcribed in the 

new 



Order Book. 17 

new Regulations is carried into Execution with 
the greateft Exadnefs. 

They are to be prefent in the Formation of all 
Guards and Detachment fent from their Brigade, 
to fee that they are formed agreeable to the Rules 
eftablifhed. 

They are to receive the General Orders from 
the Adjutant Gen^ and thofe of the Divilion, from 
the Sub-In fped:or, both which they are to com- 
municate to the Brigadier General, and having 
added thofe he may iffue to the Brigade, communi- 
cate the whole., through the Adjutants, to the 
feveral Regiments in their refpecStive Brigades. 
They muft pay particular Attention that all Orders 
are diftributed with the greateft Exacflnefs and 
Difpatch, and if from Sickness or any other Caufes 
a Major of Brigade is prevented from attending 
for Orders, he muft caufe the Brigade Gen^ to be 
informed thereof, that another Major or the eldeft 
Captain may be ordered to perform that Duty. 
In Camp, the Majors of Brigade will have an 
Orderly Serj*^ from their Brigades to communicate 
their Orders. If any Extraordinary Orders fhould 
ilTue, the Adjutant General will fend a Copy to the 
neareft Brigade Major, noting in the Order the 
Hour he fent it, and the Courfe it is to take. The 
Major of Brigade, who receives it, having taken a 
Copy, will immediately difpatch it to the next 
Brigade, firft noting the Hour he received it, and 
fent it forward, and figning his Name, and fo 
throughout the different Brigades as noted in the 
Order. The laft Brigade Major returning it im- 
C mediately 



1 8 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

mediately to the Adjutant Gen^. Thofe Orders 
are to be immediately communicated to the com- 
manding Officers of Brigades and Regiments in 
the fame Manner as the Daily Orders, and by 
one of the Brigade Majors in turn to the Sub- 
Infpe(5tor, who will communicate it immediately 
to the Gen^ commanding the Divifion. 

Whenever a Major of Brigade leave his Brigade, 
either to go for Orders or for any other Purpofe, he 
muft leave an Adjutant of the Brigade to perform 
his Duty, in cafe any Orders fhould come during 
his Abfence. 

The Majors of Brigade muft every Day regulate 
their Watches by that of Adjutant Gen^, that the 
Different Beats may begin and the Guard turned 
out at the fame Minute. 

A Brigade Major of the Day, will attend the 
Formation of all Guards and Detachments in 
Camp. In A6tion the Major of Brigade will 
affifl the Commanding Officer of the Brigade in 
Formation and Manoeuvres of the Brigade. 

He ad- garters. Middle Brook, \ 
May 4, 1779. J 

Each commanding Officer of a Brigade is de- 
fired to nominate one of the Majors in the Brigade, 
to do the Office of Brigade Infpedior and Brigade 
Major, and report his Name to the Adjutant 
General without delay.^ 

The 

I Alexander Scammel was at this time Adjutant General of the 
Army. 



Order Book. 19 

The firft part of the Regulations for the Exer- 
cife and DifcipHne of the Troops, being already 
communicated to the different Brigades, each 
OfScer muft immediately furnifh himfelf with a 
Copy of the Chapter of the Inftrud:ions of Re- 
cruits; and the commanding Officers of Regiments 
muft immediately begin to carry the fame into 
Execution in their refped:ive Regim^^ 

The General hopes and exped:s that the com- 
manding Officers of Corps being convinced of the 
Neceffity of this Exercife, which our Circumftances 
has hitherto obliged us to negledt will more re- 
double their Zeal in carrying it into Execution ; 
and as a fingle Man who is ignorant of the firft 
Principle, will often caufe Diforder in a Plattoon, 
or fometimes in a Battalion. No Waiters or other 
Soldiers muft be exempt from the Exercifes. 

As fome Companies may not have a Sufficiency 
of Officers to inftrud: their Men, the commanding 
Officers of Regiments (as equally as poffible, will 
divide them among the different Companies ac- 
cording to their Strength. The Exercife to begin 
at feven O'Clock, and continue till nine in the 
Morning. At five O'Clock in the Afternoon, the 
commanding Officers of Regiments muft affemble 
their Officers and inftru(5l them in the different 
Steps, how to Drefs, keep their Diftances, and 
wheel with Precifion. The Major or eldeft Cap- 
tain, will at the fame Time, inftrudl the Non- 
Commiffioned Officers. This Exercife to con- 
tinue from five to fix in the Afternoon, when the 

Regiment 



20 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Regiment is to affemble and perform the Exercife 
as in the Morning. 

The above Exercife, without Arms, to continue 
till further Orders. 

The Infpedior General, and the Officers of his 
Department, will vifit the feveral Brigades in turns 
and muft be anfwerable that the different Regi- 
ments do not fwerve in the fmalleft Point from the 
Principles laid down and eftablifhed in the Regula- 
tions. 

Head-Barters, Albany, I 
June 6*'' 1779.^ j 

General Orders. Parole. 

Counterlign. 
Guards as ufual. 

The third New York Regiment,^ will parade 
tomorrow Morning, at 7 O'Clock, in Front of the 
Camp, to be inftru6ted by the InfpecStor of this 

Department, 

I Congrefs on the 25th of February, 1779, dire(5led Meafures 
to be taken for chaftifing the Weftern Indians. Gen. Clinton 
received his Orders from Gen. Sullivan on the 2d of June ; but 
in Anticipation of thefe, a6live Preparations had been making 
fome Time previous. Gen. Schuyler advifed that the Expedi- 
tion fhould proceed up to Fort Schuyler, and thence by the 
Northern Route into the Genefee Country. And the particular 
Route, v^^as for fome Time undecided. And a fufficient Supply 
of Provifions was placed in Fort Schuyler to meet any Emerg- 
ency that might arife in the Courfe of the Expedition. Gen. 
Waftiington apparently preferred the more northern Route, but 
left the decifion to the Officer in command. 

2^ Col. Peter Ganfevoort's Regiment. 



Order Book. 21 

Department, relative to the new Regulations eflab- 
lifhed by the Honourable, the Continental Con- 
grefs, and ordered to be uniformly pradlifed through 
the Army of the United States, and it is expected 
the Officers will cheerfully attend to that Duty. 

Head-Barters, Albany, | 
June 7, 1779. j 

General Orders. Parole. 

Counterlign. 
Guards as ufual. 

Head-Barters, Albany, \ 
June 8, 1779. J 

Refolved, That the Thanks of Congrefs be pre- 
fented to Col. Van Skaick, and the Officers and 
Soldiers under his Command, for their Acflivity and 
good Condud: in the late Expedition againft the 
Onnondagas. 

Extrad: from the minutes, 
[A Copy.] Charles Thomson, Secretary. 

Head-B'^i^ters, Middle Brook, \ 
Saturday, May 8, 1779. J 
The Commander-in-Chief has the Pleafure to 
inform the Army that a Detachment of Troops 
under the Command of Col. Van Schaick, marched 
from Fort Schuyler the 19^^ of laft Month towards 
Onnondaga, a confiderable Indian Settlement on 
the Waters of Lake Ontario, which was entirely 
deftroyed, with a large Quantity of Grain, Cattle, 
Horfes, Arms, and Ammunition, except fuch Part 
as could be conveniently brought off. Twelve of 

the 



22 Capt. Leonard Bkeker's 

the Savages, moflly Warriors, were killed, and 
four and thirty made Prifoners, the reft faved 
themfelves by a precipitate Flight into the Woods. 
This Expedition was performed in about five 
Days and a half, the Diftance going and returning, 
one hundred and eighty Miles, without the lofs of 
a Man. 

The good Condudt, Secrecy, Spirit, and Dis- 
patch, with which this Enterprize was executed, 
does the higheft Honour to Col. Van Schaick, and . 
the Officers and Men under his Command, and 
merits the Thanks of the Commander-in-Chiefs 
Extrad: from Gen^ Orders, 
[A Copy.] Alex. Scammel, Adf GenJ 

Albany, 

I In February, 1779, Gen. Clinton having learned the Inten- 
tions of the Enemy of invading the Mohawk Settlements, 
marched from Albany to Schene6lady, with Col. Van Schaick's 
Regiment (the Fifth New York Line), and ordered the Latter 
up to Caughnawaga. The threatened Inroad was averted, but 
the DupUcity of the Onondagas feemed to require a fummary 
Courfe by way of Punifliment and Example. And in April, a 
Party of five hundred Men, detailed from the Regiments of 
Cols. Van Schaick and Ganfevoort, was fent under the former 
to furprife the Onondaga Settlements, and utterly deftroy their 
Villages and Property. He was accompanied by Lieut. Col. 
Willett and Major Cochran. 

His Orders were received on the 9th of April, and on the 
19th he left Fort Schuyler, having on the evening previous, 
pafled his Batteaux and Stores acrofs the Portage, into Wood 
Creek. His whole Force numbered 558 Officers and Men. 
On the Afternoon of the 20th, they reached the Outlet of 
Oneida Lake, where leaving their Boats under Guard, they 
marched as rapidly as poflible towards Onondaga, which they 
nearly reached before their Approach was difcovered. The 
Alarm was given a little too foon for a complete Surprife, yet 
although the larger Number efcaped, their Flight was fo precipi- 



Order Book. 23 

Alb any, "June 8, 1779. 
Colonel Ganfevoorts Regiment^ will hold them- 
felves in readinefs to March next Thurlday Morn- 
ing. 

tate, that they took Nothing away. Thirty-three were taken 
Prifoners, and Twelve killed. Three Villages containing about 
fifty Houfes were burned, a large Quantity of Beans and Corn 
was deftroyed, nearly a hundred Muikets, feveral Rifles, and a 
confiderable Amount of Ammunition were captured, their Swivel 
at the Council Houfe was rendered ufelefs, and their Cattle and 
Horfes were killed. The Expedition returned to Fort Schuyler 
on the 24th. 

The clofe Alliance between the Oneidas and the Onondagas 
fuggefted the Policy of diverting the Former from any Participa- 
tion in or Knowledge of the intended Movement, and they 
were accordingly fent under Lieuts. McClellan and Harden- 
burgh, on an Expedition through the Black River Country to 
Ofwegatchie, on the St. Lawrence. They approached that 
Poft but were difcovered in Time to prevent Succefs, and returned 
to Fort Schuyler on the 30th of April. — Stone's Life of Brant^ 
i, 404. Simms's Schoharie Co.^ 574- 

Col. Gozen Van Schaick, younger Son of Sybrant G. Van 
Schaick, a former Mayor of Albany, ferved as a Major in the 
French War, under Col. Johnfon, and was at the Battle 
of Ticonderoga. Upon the breaking out of the Revolution, he 
was appointed a Colonel, and during moft of the War, he 
commanded the Firft New York Continental Battalion. His 
Services on the northern Frontier, in the Mohawk Valley, 
upon the Hudfon, and in the New Jerfey Campaigns, fill an 
honourable page in our Revolutionary Annals. His Expedition 
to lay wafte the Onondaga Settlements in April, 1779, are 
more particularly noticed in this Volume, in an Order of the 
Commander-in-Chief, congratulating him and his Command for 
its Succefs. He remained to guard the Valley, after the de- 
parture of Gen. Clinton's Army. 

Col. Van Schaick ferved till the Clofe of the War. On the 
lOth of 0£lober, 1783, he was appointed Brigadier General by 
brevet. His Death occurred July 4th, 1789, at Albany, where 
he had refided through Life. 

I Third New York Regiment. 



24 Capt, Leonard Bleeker's 

ing, the Q^ M^ General will provide them with 
Wagons to tranfport their Baggage to Schenedlady.^ 

The Col° will appoint one Captain, i Sub., 
and thirty Privates to continue in Town, who are 
to be compofed of thofe Perfons who are unfit to 
march, or who have Families in Town. The 
Captain will receive further Orders at Head- 
Quarters. The Artillery will alfo hold themfelves 
in readinefs to march at the fhortefl Notice. 

The Brigade Q^ Mafter will fee that all the 
Clothing for the ufe of the marching Regiments 
are properly packed up and ready to move at the 
fame Time. M^ Renfifelaer will appoint a Sub- 
Condudtor of Artillery Stores in his Department, 
ready to move at the fame Time. 

He ad- garters, Albany, | 
June, ()*^ 1779* J 

General Orders. Parole. 

Counterfign. 
Captain Gregg^ of the 3d New York Regi- 
ment is appointed to ftay in Town with the Party 
under him, to take care of the Stores and is to ap- 
ply 

I The Diftance is fixteen Miles. 

a On the 26th of June, 1777, Capt. J. Gregg, then fta- 
tioned at Fort Schuyler, went out from the Fort with Corporal 
Madifon without leave, to hunt, and was fhot through the back, 
tomahawked and fcalped. His Companion was killed, and he 
lay more than a Day before being found. He finally recovered, 
ferved till the end of the War, and died many Years after. — 
Stone's Life of Brant^ i, 226. 



Order Book. 25 

ply to Head- Quarters for Inftruitions this After- 
noon. 

Head-Barters, Albany, 
June 10, 1779. 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Guards as ufual. 

ScheneSlady, June 11'^ i779- 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

Counterfign. 
Tomorrow Morning Col. Ganfevoort's Regi- 
ment will proceed to load the Batteaux now in 
the River, taking the Direction from M'' Henry 
Glenn,' A. D. Q. General, with all poffible Dif- 
patch. The commanding Officer of the Regi- 
ment, will diredt the Officers to fee that they are 
fufficiently manned. They will be divided in 
Squads, each under the Diredlion of an Officer, 
who will Tee that thofe under his Care are kept 
together, as he will be anfwerable for the Cargo, 
untill it is delivered at Cannajohary. Commiffary 
Pratt, will proceed with the Stores and Provifions, 
to Canojohary to receive it from the Batteaux. 

Lieu^ 

I Mr. Glen refided in Schenedtady. He was previoufly a 
Delegate in the New York Provincial Congrefs and afterwards 
ferved three Years in the Aflembly, and eight years in Con- 
grefs. His Death occurred at SchenecSlady, January 6, 18 14, 
at the Age of 74 Years. 
D 



26 Capt. Leonard Bkeker's 

Lieu^ Col° Regnier,' will proceed and lay out 
the Ground which the Troops will encamp, as 
foon as they arrive. When the Detachment under 
Lieu"^ Col. Butler^ arrives in Town, they will pro- 
ceed to load the Remainder of the Boats in the 
fame Manner. 

Mr. Glenn will take care that the Boats, now in 
his immediate Service, are loaded as foon as they 
arrive. The Q'" M^ will fpare no Pains in colled:- 
ing all the Teams they poffibly can, as a great 
Number will be wanted. 

Thofe Teams which may be collected in the 
Vicinity of Schenedady or Albany, will be loaded 
with the Provifions and Stores, which may remain 
after all the Boats are loaded. 

In Confequence of the very rapid Depreciency of 
our Currency, within thefe few Weeks, and the 
extravagant Prices of every necelTary of Life^ the 
General is induced to order that thofe Officers 

who 

I Lieut. Col. Pierre Regnier, commanded the Fourth New 
York Battalion from the date of its Organization, until he 
refigned March 30, 1780. He was foon after fucceeded by- 
Robert Cochran. He is reprefented as having been a large and 
well proportioned Man, who underftood the Englifh Language 
but imperfectly, but was well verfed in the Science of Arms. 
The Captains prefent in his Company in May, 1779, were 
Sacket, Davis, Walker, Smith, Titus, Norton, and Fowler. 
Col. Regnier removed to New Orleans after the War, and was 
employed by the Mayor as a Police Officer, in which Office he 
continued till his Death, which occurred in the Summer of 
1 8 10. Among his Papei's were found many honorable Tefti- 
monials of faithful Services. 

^ Lt. Col. William Butler, lately ftationed at Schoharie. The 
total Number of Boats prepared for the Expedition was two 
hundred. 



Order Book, 27 

who were ftationed in Albany and Schenectady, 
during the laft Winter, receive double the Sum 
which is allowed in former Orders.^ 

Head- 

^ The Scale of Depreciation of Continental Bills of Credit, 
at Intervals of two Weeks from the date when they were at 
par, till they had fell to two and a half Cents on a Dollar, was 
Specified in an A£t of the New YorkLegiflature for the Recovery 
of Debts, and the Settlement of Accounts, pafled March 30, 
1 78 1, as follows : 



1779. 



1777, Sept. 


I, 100 




i5> 104 


oa. 


I, 109 




15, 115 


Nov. 


I, 121 




15, 127 


Dec. 


I. 133 




15, 139 


1778, Jan. 


I, 146 




15, 152 


Feb. 


I, 160 




15, 167 


Mar. 


I, 175 




15, t86 


April 


I, 203 




15, 214 


May 


I, 230 




15, 245 


June 


I, 265 




15, 281 


July 


I5 303 




15, 332 


Aug. 


I, 348 




15, 370 


Sept. 


I, 400 




15, 429 


oa. 


I, 464 




15, 500 


Nov. 


I, 545 




15, 584 


Dec. 


I, 634 



Dec. 


15, 679 


Jan. 


I, 742 




15, 796 


Feb. 


I, 868 




15, 932 


Mar. 


I, 1000 




15, 1048 


April 


I, 1 104 




15, 1156 


May 


I, 1219 




15, 1272 


June 


I, 1344 




15, 1404 


July 


I, 1436 




15, 1548 


Aug. 


I, 1631 




15, 1709 


Sept. 


I, 1800 




15, 1908 


oa. 


I, 2032 




15, 2151 


Nov. 


I, 2340 




15, 2433 


Dec. 


I, 2597 




15, 2741 


Jan. 


I, 2932 




15, 3"5 


Feb. 


i> 3333 




15, 3533 


Mar. 


I, 3732 




15, 4000 



2 8 Capt. Leonard Bleeke/s 

Head-Barters, ScheneBady, 
yune 12, 1779. 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

Counterfign. 

Head-Barters, ScheneBady, 
June 13, 1779- 
Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

Counterfign. 

Head-B^^^^^^i June 14, 1779, 
Cannojohary Creek. 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 

Head-B^^^^^^y Canajohary Creek, 
June 15, 1779.^ 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 

Head- 

I General Clinton was at this Time at Albany. On this 
Date he wrote to his Brother, Governor George Clinton, re- 
lating to his Movements as follows : 

" Albany^ fune 15, 1779. 
" Dear Brother : 

" Yefterday I received a Letter from Gen. Sullivan, dated 
the nth Inftant, and One from his Excellency [Gen. Wafh- 
ington], dated the lOth, the former of which points out my 
Route from hence, until I join the Army under him, the latter 
only refers me to any Orders I may receive from Gen' Sullivan. 
I have ordered one hundred Boats to be loaded at Schenedlady, 
and tranfported up the River by the 3d N. Y. Regiment, and 



Order Book. 29 

Head-Barters, Canajohary Creek, 
June 16, 1779. 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 

Camp, 

the Detachment under Col. Butler, both which Fleets have 
already failed. I have ordered one hundred more Boats to be 
had in Readinefs immediately, as the Gen' has ordered me to em- 
bark all the Troops and take no P. Horfes. I have ordered 
three or four hundred Wagons to be colle6ted at Canajoharie, 
to tranfport the Boats and Stores acrofs the Carrying Place to 
Lake Otfego, the Place of Embarkation, v^^here I fhall v^^ait 
further Orders to proceed. I am informed that you are to 
march w^ith a Detachment up the Popadlunk Branch of the 
Delaw^are. I fhall be happy to meet you, and have requefted 
Gen' Sullivan to inform you of the Time I am to leave Lake 
Otfego Landing, as I could not do it fo expeditioufly as may be 
Neceffary. 

I have left two Companies of Butler's Detachment at Scho- 
harie, who are to rejoin me on the fhorteft Notice, I am forry 
to inform you that out of all the nine Months Men, we have 
received only one hundred and fifty.* I fhall be alfo under the 
neceflity of evacuating Cherry Valley, as we have no Troops to 
garrifon it, for altho' Gen' Ten Broeck hath ordered out one- 
fourth of his Brigade, few or none have made their Appearance. 

I have ordei'ed Col. V. Schaick to repair to this place to 
take the Command, in order to prevent the difficulties which 
may arife in this Particular during my Abfence. This I 

* An Aft was paffed March 13, 1779, for raifing one thoufand Men for the De- 
fence of the weftern and northern Frontiers of the State of New York : to continue 
in Service till the firft Day of January following, and to be allowed the fame Pay and 
Rations, as in the Army of the United States. They were to confift of five diftindl 
Corps of five hundred Men each. Thefe were each to be commanded by a Lieut. 
Colonel, a Major, and five fets of line Officers, and were -allowed a Surgeon, Adjutant, 
and Quarter Mafter. 

Thefe Troops, were to be raifed by Draft from the Militia, and were fubjedl to the 
fame Rules in the Service, as prefcribed in the Continental Articles of War. The 
Governor was authorized to Draft from the Levies thus raifed, to fill the five Conti- 
nental Battalions of Continental Troops, which had been affigned by Congrefs as the 
Quota of New York. 



30 Capt. Leonard B lee kef s 

Camp, Canajohary Creek, 

June 17, 1779. 

Gen^ Orders. Parole, Albany. 

C. Sign, Paris. 

Major Whiting will proceed with that part of 

his Regiment which is at Cherry Valley^ to 

Springfield Landing on the north End of Otfego 

Lake.^ He will apply to the Q} M} Gen^ for 

Wagons to tranfport his Troops and Baggage, 

when the Troops arrive at the Landing, he will 

throw up fuch Intrenchments as he may deem 

necefiary, to prevent a Surprife. He will exert 

himfelf in repairing the Roads^ from the Lake 

downward. 

was more inclined to do, as Capt. John Graham is appointed 
Major of faid Regiment. 

I fhould be glad to hear from you by every Opportunity, as 
there is a Poft eftablifhed from Wyoming to Fort Schuyler, 
thro' Efopus and Albany. 

I am with great Refpe6t, 
Your very humble Serv*, 

James Clinton. 

P. S. I fliall fet off this Day for Canajoharie. Enclofed 
are two letters from Co^ V. Schaicks. 

1 The Regiment referred to was a Body of Pennfylvania 
Troops that had been ftationed at Schoharie through the Winter, 
under Lieut. Col. William Butler. 

'^ Otfego Lake is eight Miles long and one wide, elevated 
1,193 feet above Tide, and furrounded by Hills, from four to 
five hundred Feet in Height. Its Outlet forms the principal 
head Branch of the Sufquehanna. 

3 The Road opened through the Woods by Gen. Clinton's 
Army to Otfego Lake, was long known as the Old Conti- 
nental Road. Its Length was about twenty Miles, and Portions 
of it are ftill ufed. 



Order Book. 



31 



downward. The Quarter Mafter General on Ap- 
plication, will provide him with Impliments for that 
Purpoie. As foon as Capt. Dow arrives he will 
proceed to join his Regiment, by the Springfield 
Road, which he will repair as he goes on. When 
the Road is rendered pafTable, and the firft Bat- 
teaux arrived at the Landing, Major Whiting will 
difpatch a Party of Men to the Outlet of the Lake, 
and ered: a Dam,^ he leave a Subaliern's Guard at 

the 

I The Plan adopted for floating the Boats down the Sufque- 
hanna, was to build a Dam acrofs the Outlet, until a fufficient 
Amount of Water had been accumulated, and then to break 
away the Dam and float down on the Flood. His Boats had 
been previoufly pafl'ed through, and the Channel cleared. This 
Meafure proved entirely fuccefsful, and the flotilla defcended 
with comparative eafe. The Occurrence of a Flood in Mid- 
Summer, and without Rains, was regarded by the fuperftitious 
Indians, who were ignorant of the Caufe, as an Omen of Evil, 
and a Prefage of the Difafters which followed the Invafion of their 
Country. Much Damage was occalioned to the growing Crops 
on the Sufquehannah, by the Flood. 

The Traditions of the Country relate, that as a Means of 
further increafmg the Flow of Water in the Lake, a Party was 
fent two or three Days before, to break away a Beaver Dam, 
which held the Waters of Schuyler Lake, a Tributary to the 
Otfego. This Invafion of private Rights, under a Plea of Pub- 
lic Neceffity, was refented by the Beavers, who as foon as 
the Party had gone fet themfelves at Work to repair the Dam 
in the Night, and before Morning, had reflored it complete. 
A Guard was then ftationed to protect the Point againfl further 
Moleflation. 

The lafl of the Logs of the Dam built by Gen. Clinton's Brigade 
was removed on the 26th of October, 1825, in the Ceremony of 
beginning the Sufquehannah Canal, then contemplated. The 
Occafion was made one of Fun and FroHck, and the Day fele6ted 
was that on which the Completion of the Erie Canal was cele- 
brated. 

A large Iron Swivel was found many Years ago, buried near 



22 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

the Fort, to take care of the Stores and Sick till 
further Orders. When the Waggons arrive and 
are ready to proceed, Lieu*^ Col° Willet who has 
offered his Service, will apply to Lieu*^ Col° R^g~ 
nier for fuch a Number of Men as he thinks proper, 
who will iffue a Detail for that Purpofe. 

The Quarter Mafters will exert themfelves in 
every Particular to expedite the Tranfportation of 
the Stores with all poffible Difpatch, and afford L^ 
Col. Willet^ every Afliftance in their Power. On 
the Arrival of Lieu^ Col. Wizenfelts^ Regiment, 
he will apply to the Quarter M^ Gen^ for Tools, 
and immediately proceed to repair the Roads from 
this Place along the Cherry Valley Road, till he 
comes to the Springfield Road, where he will take 

Pofl 

the Lake, where it had been left as Unferviceable for the Expe- 
dition. It was long ufed on Fourth of July, and other Celebra- 
tions. — Livermore's Cooper's Htjiory of Qooperjiown^ p. 17. 

I Marinus Willet was long identified with the Military 
Operations of the Mohawk Valley, and its local Hiftory is inti- 
mately affociated with his Memory. He commanded at St. 
Johns in 1775 and 1776, and at Fort Conftitution in 1777. 
In the fame Year he was ftationed at Fort Schuyler, and aflifted 
in its gallant Defence againft a powerful Force of Indian and 
Tory Savages, under Colonel St. Leger. He was in the Battle 
of Monmouth in 1778, with the Sullivan Expedition in 1779, 
and in the Mohawk Valley in 1780, 1 781, and 1782. 

Col. Willet was fubfequently honored with various civil 
Offices, among which was that of Mayor of the City of New 
York. He died in Auguft, 1830, aged ninety Years. 

'^ Lieut. Col. Frederick Weifenfels was a Pruffian. He 

ferved through the War, and died May 14, 1806. At the 

Time referred to in the Text, he was commanding the 4th 
New York Battalion, numbering about 250 Men. 



Order Book. 33 

Poft, uiitlll further Orders, he will be carefull to 
keep out Guards and Scouts as are neceiTary for 
his own Security, as to afford every Affiftance in 
his Power to the Waggons as they proceed. The 
Camp Guard for the Prefent is to be confidered as 
the General Camp and Quarter Guard, it will 
confifl: of a Subaltern, two Serjeants, four Corpo- 
rals, and forty-four Privates. They will encamp 
in the Rear of the Generals Marque. The Quar- 
mafter Gen^ will furnifh Tents for that Purpofe. 
The Officer will apply to Lieu"^ Col. Regnier for 
particular Orders. 

The General cannot help expreffing his Appro- 
bation at the Condu(5t of the Troops under his 
Command, and the Alacrity with which they 
brought up the Batteaux and Stores from Sche- 
nedady to this Place, he thinks it is unneceiTary to 
point to them the Neceffity of preferving the fame 
Line of Condud:, every Exertion will be NecefTary 
to eifed: this prefent Undertaking, and if properly 
applyed, cannot fail under Heaven of being a 
glorious One. He therefore calls on every Officer 
and Soldier for a ftrenuous and diligent Difcharge 
of their Duty, which from the prefent Appearance, 
he has not the leaft Reafon to doubt of. An 
Orderly Serj*^ from every Regiment on the Ground 
is to attend at the General's Marque every Day, to 
be reheved at Guard Mounting the next Day. 
One Orderly Serj^ is to attend likewife upon L'^ 
Col° Regnier, to be relieved in the fame Time. 
The Adjutants on the Ground will attend for 
Orders at Lieu'^ Col. Regniers Q^^ every Day at 
E 12 



34 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

12 O'clock. No Waggoners who comes upon 
the Ground are to be difmifled upon any Pretence 
except by an Order from Head-Quarters. 



Camp, Canajohary Creek, 



June 1 8, 1779. j 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
The Detachment under the Command of Lieu- 
Col. Butler, will march tomorrow Morning at 
Sunrife.^ The Q. M. Gen^ will fupply them 
with Waggons (ufficient to tranfport their Bag- 
gage and Stores to Springfield, they will exert 
themfelves in forwarding on the Waggons and re- 
pairing the Roads wherever they require it. The 
Q. M. Gen^ will fupply them with Tools on Ap- 
plication for that Purpofe. The RifBe Corps will 
be employed in fcouting the Woods and keeping 
up the Communication between the different 
Pofts. M'- Dow the Affiftant Q^ M^ will proceed 
immediately to Otfego Lake with the Carpenters, 
and repair the Boats as they arrive, in the beft 
Order poffible, without Lofs of Time. Commif- 
fary Woodman will for the Future fupply or iffue 
Provilions to the late Aldcns Regiment,^ and Col° 

Butler's 

I Lieut. Col. William Butler had lately been ftationed at 
Schoharie, with a Detachment of Pennfylvania Troops, confift- 
ing of the 4th Pennfylvania Line. In this Expedition he alfo 
commanded the Rifle Corps. He was firft appointed Captain, 
January 5th, 1776, and was promoted 0(3:ober 7, 1776. 

" Col. Ichabod Alden, commanding an Eaftern Regiment, 
was killed at Cherry Valley, in November, 1778. 



Order Book. 35 

Butler's when they join together ; and CommifTary 
Poft will iiTue to the New York Regim'^^ Lieu' 
Col° Willet will ilTue for Fatigue, Rum for all 
thofe who may be employed under his immediate 
Diredion. 

For the Future the Affiftant Q. M. Gen^ or any 
of his Deputies will attend for Orders at Lieu' Col. 
Regniers Quarters. 

For the Future, untill further Orders, one Drum- 
mer will be for Duty from each Regiment, and 
the daily Beats (hall be as follows : The different 
daily Beats fhall begin on the Right of the Camp, 
and be inftantly followed by the whole Army, to 
facilitate which, the Drummers call fhall be beat 
by the Drummer then on Duty of each Regiment, 
a Quarter of an Hour before the Time of Beating, 
when the Drummers will affemble before the 
Colours of their refped:ive Reg'% and as foon as 
the Beat begins on the Right, it fhall be inflantly 
taken up by the whole Army. The Drummers 
beating along the Front of their refpedtive Regi- 
ments, from the Centre to the Right, from thence 
to the Left, and back again to the Centre, where 
they finifh. 

The different Beats and Signals are to be as 
follows : The General is to beat only when the 
whole is to march, and is the Signal to ftrike the 
Tents and prepare for the March. The AfTembly 
is the Signal to repair to the Colours. The March, 
for the Whole to move. The Revellee, is beat at 
Day break, and is the Signal for the Soldiers to 
rife, and the Gentries to leave off Challenging. 

The 



36 Capt, Leonard Bleeker's 

The Troop, aflembles the Soldiers together for the 
Purpofe of calHng the Roll and infpeding the Men 
for Duty, it will begin Tomorrow at half after 
iQVQw in the Morning ; and the Men Ordered for 
Duty, to be on the Grand Parade at 8 O'Clock. 
The Retreat is beat at Sunfet for calling the 
Roll, warning the Men for Duty, and reading the 
Orders of the Day. The Tattoo, is for the Sold- 
iers to repair to their Tents, where they muft re- 
main till Revellee beating the next Morning, un- 
lefs ordered otherwife. To Arms, is a Signal for 
getting under Arms in Cafe of an Alarm. The 
Parley is to defire a Conference with the Enemy. 

The Signals. 

Adjutants Call, The firft Part of the Troop. 

Firfl Serjeant's or Orderly Call, One Roll and 
three Flamms. 

All Non-Commiffioned Officers Call, Two 
Rolls and five Flamms. 

To go for Wood, Pioneers Stroke and Ten 
Stroke Roll. 

For Water, Two Strokes and a Flam. 

For Provifion, Roaft Beef. 

Front to Halt, Two Flams from Left to Right 
and full Drag with the Right, a left Hand Flam, 
and a right Hand full Drag. 

For the Front to advance quicker. The long 
March ; to march flower. The Tapps. 

For the Drummers, The Drummers Call. 

For the Church Call, The Parley. 

The 



Order Book, 37 

The Drummers will Pradtice a hundred Paces 
in Front of the Battalion, and the Hours fix'd by 
the Adjutant General will be from nine to ten 
O'clock in the Morning, and any Drummer found 
beating at any other Time, except ordered, (hall be 
punifhed. The Guards for Tomorrow to be fur- 
nifhed from Col. Ganfevoorts Reg"^ as to Day, and 
the Adj^ will name an Officer of the Day. 

Field Returns to be made daily, and the Officer 
of the Day then relieved to Deliver it up to the 
Brigade Major of the Day, or Adjutant Gen^ 
Orderly Serj'^^ as ufual. 

Campy Canajohary Creek, ) 
June ig^'' 1779. J 

General Orders. Parole, Clinton. 

Cambridge. 
Counterfign, Campden. 
Guards for Tomorrow from Col. Ganfevoorts 
Regiment as ufual. The Captain of the Day, and 
Orderly Serjeant to be named from the Same, by 
Adjutant Hutton' Lieu^ Col. Wifenfelt will furnifh 
the Waggons with an Efcort, from his Detach- 
ment, 'till they arrive at the Poft occupied by Lieu^ 
Colo Butler, who will continue an Efcort with 
them from his Regiment, 'till they come to the 
Lake, where they will be received by the late 
Aldens Regiment. The returning Waggons will 

be 

I Adjutant Hutton belonged to the 3d New York Battalion, 
under Col. Ganfevoort. 



38 Capt, Leonard Bleekers 

be elcorted by the late Aldens Reg^ to Lieu"^ Col. 
Butler's Station, who will efcort them 'till they 
arrive at Lieu^ Col. Wyzenfelt's Poft, and Lieu' 
Colo Wyzenfelt will guard them to the Mohawk 
River. 

The General requefts the commanding Officers, 
at the different [pofts] in the moft pointed Terms, 
to forward on the Waggons with all poffible Dif- 
patch, fending them back when they are loaded. 

yune 19, 1779. 
After Orders. 
Captain John Graham^ of the Firft New York 
Regiment is appointed Major in faid Regiment, 
and is to be obey'd and refpedted as fuch. Alfo 
Captain Leonard Bleeker of the Third New York 
is appointed Major of Brigade^ 'till further Orders, 
and is to be obey'd and refpecfled accordingly. 

In 

I Capt. Graham had formerly commanded at Fort Schuyler. 
He led the Advance Guard of Col. Van Schaick's Expedition 
into the Onondaga Country, in the early Part of 1779. He 
fubfequently became Major, and died May 7, 1832. 

I The Duties of Major of Brigade are minutely defined on 
Page 13 of this Volume, the Text of which is from a Book 
kept by Capt. Leonard Bleeker. 

Capt. Bleeker was born in 1755, and was a Defcendant of 
Jan Janfen Bleeker, who emigrated in 1668, and fettled at 
Albany. On the 28th of June, 1775, Mr. Bleeker was ap- 
pointed Second Lieutenant in Capt. Willet's Company, in the 
Firft New York Regiment, commanded by Col. Alexander 
McDougall, and in Auguft, joined the Expedition preparing for 
a Defcent upon St. Johns. He participated in the Battle of 
Long Ifland, and in the Retreat from thence to New York and 
Weftchefter County. After being ftationed for a Time at 



Order Book. 39 

/;/ Congrefs, 'June 5''^ ^779- 
Refolvedy 

The Honourable, the Congrefs have been pleafed 
to pafs the following Ad:, viz : 

Ordered, 

Peekfkill, he crofled at Kings Ferry, and from thence acrofs 
New Jerfey, under Circumftances of great Privation and Hard- 
fliip, which difabled four Captains of the Regiment, and left 
him with the Duties of that Office. In that Capacity, he 
fought in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. 

On the Reorganization of the Army, early in 1777, he be- 
came Firft Lieutenant in the Fourth New York Regiment, 
under Col. Henry B. Livingfton, and in March became Captain 
of the Third New York, under Col. Peter Ganfevoort, in Place 
of Captain Houfton, who had deferted to the Enemy. This 
Regiment was ordered to Fort Stanwix in June, 1777, and 
nobly defended that Place, when inverted foon after by St. 
Leger. 

Capt. Bleeker accompanied Col. Van Schaick's Expedition 
into the Onondaga Country in the Spring of 1779, and the 
Army under Gen. Clinton the following Summer, as noticed in 
the Text. He was fucceeded in the Office of Major of Brigade 
by Major Nicholas Fifh, upon the Arrival of the Expedition 
upon the Chemung River, and returned to his Duties in the 
Line, in which he ferved till the End of the Campaign. 

In January, 1780, upon the four New York Regiments being 
reduced to two, he was appointed Captain in the Firft, under 
Col. Van Schaick. In 1780, 1781, he ferved under Gen. La 
Fayette, and was again appointed Major of Brigade under 
General Hazen, in LaFayette's Divifion. He witnefTed the 
Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and continued to ferve 
till the End of the War. 

Returning to civil Life, his later Years were largely devoted 
to Enterprifes of a Philanthropic and Benevolent Character, and 
his perfonal Record ftiows that he was an Officer at various 
Times, in over twenty different Societies and Inftitutions, tend- 
ing to the Amelioration of Diftrefs, and the Promotion of Re- 
ligion and Morality among Mankind. 

He died on the 9th of March, 1844, at Newtown, L. L, 
highly efteemed and refpe<Sted, having filled a long and ufeful 
Life with Honor. 



40 Capt. Leonard Bleeker^s 

Ordered, that Col° Dubois's' Rank in the Line 
of the Army of the United States of America, be 
after Col. Van Cortlands, and Colonel Ganfe- 
voorts.^ 

A General Court Martial will lit Tomorrow 
Morning 9 O'Clock : at the Prelidents Marque, for 
the Tryal of M^ Henry Hare, taken on Sufpicion 
of being a Spy. 

Col° Ganfevoort will prefide. 






< 

O 



Captain Wool, ^ 

Captain Machun, j^* 

Capt Lt McLare, n^ 

Lieu^ Harvey, <o 
Lieu^ Parker 



CO ^ 



^+1 



Lieu^ Patterfon. q 



Captain Anfon, 
Captain DeWitt, 
Captain Janfen, 
Captain Tiabout, 
Cap'^ L' Syloz, 
Lieu^ Conine. 



Captain Porter will ad: as Judge Advocate. 

Camp, 

I Lieut. Col. Lewis Dubois, commanded the 5th Continental 
Battalion raifed by New York. He was commiffioned June 
25, 1776, and refigned Dec. 22, 1779 ; and was fucceeded July 
I, 1780, by Marinus Willet. On this Date he was made 
Colonel of a Regiment of Levies, raifed to reinforce the Army 
of the United States. He refided in Ulfter County, and died 
March 4, 1824. 

Col. Peter Ganfevoort, was born in Albany, July 17, 1749, 
and ferved through the Revolution as a Field Officer, in the 
Second, and afterwards in the Third New York Regiment. 
He is particularly diftinguiflied for the Defence of Fort Schuyler 
in 1777, and for his a£tive and intelligent Services in the Mo- 
hawk Valley. He was fubfequently appointed Brigadier General 
of Militia. He died at Albany, July 2, 181 2. The Colours of 
the Third Continental Battalion, which he commanded, are 
ftill preferved by his Family. 



Order Book. 41 

Campy Canajohary Creek, 
yune 20, iJJ()' 
Gen^ Orders. Parole, Denmark. 

Dublin. 
Counterfign, Dunkirk. 

Guards as ufual, to be furnifhed from the Third 
New York Regim"^; and the Officer of the Day 
and Orderly Serj"^, to be named by the Adjutant 
from the fame. 

The Moment the Coopers arrive, they will 
proceed to examine and repair the Provifion Barrels, 
under the Commilfary's Direction. The Officer 
for the Day, for the Future, is requested to dine 
at Head-Quarters. 

At a General Court Martial held at Camp 
Canajohary, June 20, whereof Col. Ganfevoort 
was Prelident, M*" Henry Hare was tryed for 
hirking about the Camp as a Spy, found Guilty, 
and fentenced to be hanged by the Neck 'till he is 
dead. At the fame Court Martial, was tried 
Daniel McKenny, for endeavouring to feduce 
Soldiers to defert, found guilty of the Charge, and 
fentenced to receive one hundred Lafhes on his 
bare Back well laid on, and drummed out of the 
Camp. The General approves the Sentences, and 
orders them to be put in Execution Tomorrow 
Morning at 9 O'Clock. For which reaion the 
Troops will be under Arms at half after eight 
O'clock, and Col. Yates, Qj Mafter General, will 
make the necelTary Preparations for the Execution.'' 

Camp, 

I Gen. Clinton, in writing to Mrs. Clinton, July 6th, alluded 
to the Execution of thefe Spies as follows : 
F 



42 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Camp, Canajohary Creek, \ 
'June 21, 1779. J 

Gen^ Orders. Parole, Edinburgh. 

England. * 

Counterlign, Egbert. 
A Court of Enquiry of three Captains from the 
Troops on the Ground, will meet this Afternoon 

at 

" I have Nothing further to acquaint you of, except that we 
apprehended a certain Lieut. Henry Hare, and a Sergeant New- 
bury, both of Col. Butler's Regiment, who confeffed that they 
left the Seneca Country with fixty-three Indians, and two 
White Men, who divided themfelves into three Partys : one 
Party was to attack Schoharie, another Party Cherry Valley 
and the Mohawk River, and the other Party to fkulk about 
Fort Schuyler and the upper Part of the Mohawk River, to take 
Prifoners or Scalps. I had them tried by a General Court 
Martial for Spies^ who fentenced them both to be hanged, which 
was done accordingly at Cannajoharie, to the Satisfaction of all 
the Inhabitants of that Place, who were Friends to their Country, 
as they were known to be very active in almoft all the Murders 
that were committed on thefe Frontiers. They were Inhabit- 
ants of Tryon County, had each a Wife and feveral Children, 
who came to fee them, and beg for their Lives." 

Henry Hare refided before the War, in the prefent Town ot 
Florida, a few Miles from Fort Hunter. Wm. Newbury lived 
about three Miles from Hare's towards the prefent Village or 
Glen. The latter had been an a6live Participant in the Maffa- 
cre at Cherry Valley, as was proven upon the Trial. Hare 
and Newbury had been vifiting their Friends, and were feveral 
Days concealed in their own Dwellings. The former had left 
Home before Daylight to return to Canada, and was to call for 
his Comrade on the Route. 

Major Newkirk having been informed of their Prefence in the 
Neighborhood, procured their Arreft. They were hung near 
the prefent Village of Canajoharie ; and the Bones of Newbury, 
with thofe of Titus, who was ihot as a Deferter, were thrown 
out in the conftruftion of the Erie Canal. The body of Hare 
was delivered to Friends for Burial. 

Newbury was not executed until June 28th. 



Order Book. 43 

at three O'Clock P. M., to infped: the Provifions 
now on the Ground, and are to make their Report 
to the General of the Condition and Goodneis of 
the Same. 

The eldeft Cap'^ in Commiffion will prefide. 
From the Artillery, Cap*^ Machun.^ 
3 N. York, Capt Tiebout.^ 
5 N= York, Capt Rofekrans,^ 

Enfign 

I Thomas Machin was born in StafFordftiire, England, 
March 20, 1744, fettled in New York in 1772, and took an 
early and a6live intereft in the Revolution. He was made 
Second Lieutenant of N. Y. Artillery, January 18, 1776, and 
Captain Lieutenant in the fecond Battalion of Artillery on the 
I ft of January. He held this Rank in the Expedition to Onon- 
daga, under Col. Van Schaick, and to the Genefee Country 
under Gen. Clinton, in 1779. On the 21ft of Auguft, 1780, 
he was appointed Captain in the Second New York Artillery, 
and one Year after in the Firft. 

He was employed as Engineer in conftrudring and placing the 
Chain acrofs the Hudfon in the Highlands, and after the War, 
was for a Time, engaged in coining Money for States, before 
the adoption of the Federal Conftitution. His Works were at 
the Outlet of a Pond, five Miles back from Newburgh. The 
Papers of Captain Machin now before us, fhow that he enjoyed 
the Confidence of Governor George Clinton, his Brother, Gen. 
James Clinton, Gen. Wafliington, Gen. La Fayette, and many 
other diftinguiftied Chara6lers of his Day. In after Life he 
was fomewhat of an Adventurer in Land Speculations, and was 
Patentee of large Trades in the northern Parts of Oneida 
County. He died at Charleftown, Montgomery County, N. 
Y., April 3, 1816. 

Capt. Machin was a Member of the New York State 
Society of the Cincinnati, and was fucceeded by his fon Gen. 
Thomas Machin of Albany. 

2' Henry Tiebout. 

3 James Rofekrans. He was commiffioned as Captain of the 
ift Company of Col. Dubois's Regiment, Nov. 21, 1776. He 
was promoted to Major and ferved through the War. 



44 Capt. Leonard Bleekers 

Enfign Thuthell of the 4^^ New York Regi- 
ment, who is appointed to fuperintend the Roads 
betwixt Otfego Lake and this Place, will apply to 
the Deputy Adjutant Gen^ for luch number of 
Men as he thinks neceflary for the repairing of the 
faid. 

The Affiftant Q. M. Gen^ will immediately 
take down the Names of all the Pilots, Volunteers, 
and Batteaumen who are, or may hereafter arrive 
on the Ground, and report the fame to the General. 

Details of Guards for Tomorrow : 

3d N. York Sub., Serj% Corpl% D and Fife, Priv^s. 

131 32 

5 N. York 122 I 28 

Total, 135 2 60 

Captain of the Day, Tomorrow, from Col° Du- 
bois's Regiment. Adjutant of the Day, for do. 
Dodge to attend the Parade. 

I Orderly Serj*^ from Col. Ganfevoorts,' 2 Or- 
derly Serj*^ from Col. Dubois's, to attend the Parade. 

For the Future, the Adjutants of the different 
Regiments, and the Clerk of the Gen^ Hofpital, 
will attend at the Brigade Majors Tent near Head- 
Quarters, every Day at 2 O'Clock, for Orders. 

One Sub., two Serj'^% two Corporals, and thirty 
Privates, to parade at Daylight, with one Days 
Provifions ready cooked, and the Officer will apply 
to Lieu^ Col. Willet for Orders. 

Detail, 



Order Book. 45 

Detail, Sub., SerjS Corp^, D. and Fife, Privates. 
3 N. York, II 16 

5 N. York, 21 14 

Another Fatigue to parade about feven O'Clock 
in the Morning, and the commanding Officer will 
apply as above for Orders. 

Sub., Serj^% Corp^^ Privates. 
3 N.York, I . I 23 

5 N.York, I I I 17 

Total, 12 2 40 

Camp J C anajohary Creek, \ 
yune 22, 1779. j 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Captain of the Day, Tomorrow from Col'' 
Dubois's, Adjutant Dodge. One Orderly Serj*^ 
from Col'^ Ganfevoort's, to attend upon the Gen^ 
and one from Col. Dubois's. 

I Orderly Serj*^ from Col° Dubois's to attend the 
Deputy Adj^ Genl 

Details for Guard : 
3 N. York, I 2 2 I 36 

5 N. York, 2 2 I 25 

Total, I 4 4 2 61 

The commanding Officers of the different 
Guards on the Ground, will make a Report of 

their 



46 Capt. Leonard Bleeker^s 

their Refpedtive Guards to the Officer of the Day, 
every Morning at the Grand Parade, and the 
Officer of the Day to the Deputy Adjutant General 
at Eleven O' Clock before Eleven O' Clock every Day. 
One of the Serjeants from Col° Dubois's Regi- 
ment who is warned for Guard Tomorrow, will 
be Cafe Vandermark, with four Men, which he 
will chofe himfelf, to be a ftanding Guard upon 
Commiffary Poft's Stores. The Regimental Sur- 
geons will make daily Reports to the Surgeon 
General of all the Sick in their feveral Corps, that 
proper Care may be taken of them. 

June 22^^ ^779* 
After Orders. 
For Detachment to parade at Daylight Tomor- 
row Morning with one Days Proviiions ready 
cooked. Compofed of i Sub., i Serj^, i Corp^, 
and 30 Privates. 

Detail, Sub., SerjS Corp^, Priv^s. 

Ganfevoorts, i i 16 

Dubois's I 14 

Total, I I I 30 

For Fatigue Tomorrow Morning to parade at 
Daylight, with one Days Proviiions ready cooked. 
2 Subs., 2 Serj% 2 Corporals and 60 Priv^^ 

Detail, Sub., Serj^% Corp^, Privates. 
3 N. York, III 33 

5 N. York, III 27 



Total, 222 60 



The 



Order Book. 47 

The Officers of the whole to apply to Lieu^ Col. 
Willet for Orders. 

Campy Canajohary Creek, 
'June I'^f 1779. 

General Orders. Parole, Fantenfy. 

C. Sign, France. 
Fiz. 
Captain of the Day Tomorrow from Col. 
Ganfevoort's, Adj'^ Hutton. One Orderly Serjeant 
to attend the General, from Col° Ganfevoort's ; 
and one from Col° Dubois's, one Orderly Serj*^ 
from Col° Dubois's to attend on the Deputy 
Adjutant General. 

Detail of Guards : 

Sub., Serjts, Corp^ D. and Fife, Privt^. 
Ganfevoort's, 22 i 33 

Dubois's, 122 I 24 

Total, 1442 i,j 

Each commanding Officer of Regiments will 
immediately make a Return to Head-Quarters, of 
what Number of Waggons they fhall want to con- 
vey the Tents and Baggage of their refpe(5live 
Regiments to Otfego Lake. The commanding 
Officer of the Detachment of Artillery upon the 
Ground will likewife make a Return of what 
Number of Waggons fhall be wanted for his De- 
partment. 

The Q} y\y Gen^, Commiffary Gen^, and Hof- 
pital Department, are to make the like Returns, 

that 



48 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

that the Troops may not be detained on that account. 
The General expreffly forbids firing of Mufquets 
in or about the Camp, and any Soldier or Followers 
of the Army, who fhall be detected in firing with- 
out Orders, fhall be tied up by the Drummers of 
the firft Regiment they come to, and receive ten 
Lafhes, and the General exped:s that every Officer 
will exert themfelves in bringing thofe Guilty 
of that unfoldier like Pra(ftice, to inftant Punifh- 
ment. 

At a General Court Martial, held at Camp 
Canajoharie Creek, June the 20^^, and held by 
Adjournment to the 23^, whereof Col. Ganfevoort 
was Prefident, William Newbury,^ formerly an 
Inhabitant of this Country, now a Serjeant in the 
Britifh Service, was tryed for lurking about the 
Vicinity of the Camp as a Spy, found Guilty, and 
fentenced to be hanged by the Neck 'till he is 
dead. 

The General approves the Sentence and orders 
it to be put in. Execution at 6 O'Clock next 
Friday Morning. 

At the fame Court Martial was tryed Corporal 
Burroughs of the 3d N. York Reg"^, for negledt of 
Duty, and being afleep on his Guard. The Court 
confidering the former good Charadler of the 
Prifoner, fentence him to be reprimanded by the 
Adjutant at the head of the Reg*^. 

Alfo were tryed at the fame Court, Bifhop 
Hadley and Peter Lyman, for fleeping on their 

Pofts, 

I See Note on Page 42. 



Order Book. 49 

Pofts, found Guilty, and fentenced to receive 200 
Lafhes each on their bare Back. The General 
approves the Sentences and orders them to be put 
in Execution this Evening at Retreat beating. 

At the fame Court Martial, James Titus, Soldier 
in the 5th N. York Reg^ v^as tryed for Defertion, 
found Guilty, and fentenced to be fhot at the Head 
of his Regiment. 

The General approves the Sentence, and orders 
it to be put in Execution Tomorrow Morning at 
6 O'clock.^ 

Campy Cannojohary Creek, | 
June 24, 1779. j 

Gen^ Orders. Parol, Hanover. 

^ r { Harwick. 

CounternP:n, \ ^^ ^ 1 
^ ' [ Homeftead. 

Captain of the Day Tomorrow from Col° 

Ganfevoort's, Adjutant Hutton. One Orderly 

Serjeant from Col^ Ganfevoort's to attend upon 

the General. Guards for Tomorrow from the 

Same. 

Details, Sub., Serj^ Corpi% D. and Fife, Priv^s 
123 2 39 

The General Returns his moft fincere Thanks 
to the Gentlemen Inhabitants of this State, who 

have 

I Titus was buried near the Place of Execution. A Skeleton, 
fuppofed to be that of Titus or Hare, was found in excavating 
the Erie Canal, long afterwards. — Simms's Schoharie Co.^p. 298. 
G 



ro Capt. Leonard Bkeker's . 

have fo cheerfully and effedlually affifted him in 
the Tranfportation of the Stores and Boats for the 
Ufe of the Army towards Otfego Lake. Such an 
exampled patriotic Condud: is an happy Omen of 
our future Succefs, and an evident Demonftration 
that we can never be Slaves. The Quarter Mailer 
General is defired to give thofe Waggoners who 
lives at the greateft Diftance, and have been 
longeil: in the Service, a full Difcharge and Certi- 
ficates for the Time they have been employed. 

In purfuance of the Generals Orders of Yefter- 
day, the Sentence of William Newbury is to be 
put in Execution Tomorrow Morning at 6 O'Clock 
when the Troop upon the Ground will parade for 
that Purpofe at the ufual Place. 

The Detachment of Artillery, with the Artillery 
Stores and Col° Dubois's Regiment will keep 
themfelves in Readinefs to march at a Minutes 
Warning, they will apply to the Q. M. Gen^ for a 
fufficient Number of Waggons to tranfport their 
Stores and Baggage to Otfego Lake. 

June 2,4, 1779. 
After Orders. 
At a Court of Infpediion ordered by Brigadier 
Gen^ James Clinton, we the Subfcribers have in- 
fpe(5led into the Beef and Bread at this Poft, and 
find feventeen Barrels of Beef unfit to ilTue, but by 
the Advice of Lieu^Col. Willet, do imagine Parts 
of faid Barrels fit for fome Service which he will 
be able to inform ; alfo feveral Barrels of good 
Beef not having their Compliment ; alfo find one 

Barrel 



Order Book, 51 

Barrel of Bread not fit to iffue, and order the 
Bread and one Barrel of Beef to be thrown away. 

James Rosekrans,' Capt. 

Henry Tiebout, Capt. 

Thos Machin, Capt. 

Camp, Cannojohary Creek, \ 
June 25, 1779. J 

Gen^ Orders. Parole, Hanover. 

o ^ r f Harwick. 
Coanterfign I jj^^^^^^ 

Captain of the Day Tomorrow from Col. 
Ganfevoort's, Adju* Hutton. One Orderly Serj' 
from the fame to General Clinton. 

Details of Guard : 

Sub, Serj^ Corp^ D. and Fife Priv^ 
F'm Col° Ganfev^^ 114 2 45 

- Colonel Dubois's Regiment will march this 
Morning on their Way to Lake Otfego, as foon as 
they are ready, together with the Train of Artil- 
lery, Military Stores, and Baggage. The Light 
Infantry Company of Col. Dubois's Regiment, 
will march in the Front of the Column, followed 
by the Train of Artillery, after which will march 
the Military Stores and Baggage, and the Battalion 
in the Rear of the Whole. 

For 

I Capt. Rofekrans belonged to the Regiment of Col. Dubois, 
and was commiffioned November 21, 1776. He was promoted 
to Major in the 3d Regiment, and ferved through the War. 



t2 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

For the reft of the March and Encampment, 
the commanding Officer will diredl: it, as he fhall 
think beft for his own Security. 

Head-^' Cannojohary Creeky \ 
June 26, 1779. / 

General Orders. P., Kingfinton. 

Kent. 



^' ^- ; Killdare. 
Captain of the Day for Tomorrow from Col" 
Ganfev^s Regiment, Adjutant Hutton. 

I Orderly Serj' from the fame for the Gen^. 

Details of Guard : 

Sub., Serj% Corp^ D. and Fife, Priv^ 
115 2 48 

One Sub., one Serj^, one Corp^, and 1 8 Privates, 
to parade immediately, to efcort the Waggons 
with Ammunition as far as Col° Wyzenfelts. The 
Officer will call at Head- Quarters for Inftrudlions. 

Col° Ganfevoort will furnifh a Subalterns Guard 
to efcort the Ammunition which is arrived this 
Day in Camp, as far as Col° Wyfenfelts Regiment, 
who will order them to be relieved, and fend it 
forward to the next Poft, under a limilar Efcort, 
and fo on from Poft to Poft, 'till it is delivered up 
to the Conductor of Artillery Stores at Lake Otfego. 
The Officers of the different Efcorts, will give 
Receipts to thofe from whom they have received 
it. 

The General Court Martial, whereof Col. 
Ganfevoort was Prefident, is difolved. 

William 



Order Book. 



53 



William Newbury, who was refpited Yefterday, 
is to be executed next Monday Morning at 6 
O'clock, and the Troops on the Ground will 
alTemble for thai Purpofe at the ufual Place of 
Execution. 

At a General Court Martial held the 24^^ In- 
ftant, was tryed Daniel Southerland, Private in the 
Third N. Y. Reg"^ for robing the Carpenters Tent, 
found Guilty, and fentenced to receive one hun- 
dred Lafhes, well laid on his bare Back. 

The General approves the Sentence, and orders 
it to be put in Execution at Retreat beating ; alfo 
was tryed at the fame Court, Dennis Sulivan, 
Corp^ in faid Reg*^ for declaring his Intention to 
defert to the Enemy, and acquitted of the Charge. 
The General approves the Sentence. 

The Court whereof Col° Ganfevoort was Pre- 
fident, is hereby difolved. 

Head-Barters^ Canajohary^ ) 



I'-jti^ June J 1779' 
P., L 
C. S. 



Gen^ Orders. P., London. 

f Lancafter. 
I Lapland. 

Guards as ufual^ from Col. Ganfevoort's, with 
one Orderly Serj'^ from the Same. 

Colo Ganfevoorts Reg^ will alfo furnifh i Sub., 
I Serj*^, I Corp^, and 20 Privates, with one Days 
Provifion ready Cooked, to parade at Sunrife To- 
morrow Morning. The Officer will apply to 
Cap^ Porter for Inftrudtions. 

Head' 



r^ Capt. Leonard Bkeker's 

Head-Barters^ Cannojohary Creek, ) 
June 28, 1779. J 

General Orders. Parole, Minden. 

^ C-- f Munfter. 
C. Sign I ^.^.^^ 

Guards as ulual from Col° Ganfevoorts^ with 
one Orderly Serj*^ from the Same. 

Head-Barters, Cannojohary Creek, ) 
June 29, 1779. j 

General Orders. Parole, Norwork. 

p o- J Northampton. 
• ^§" I Norwich. 
Captain of the Day Tomorrow from Col° 
Ganfevoorts, Adj'^ Hutton. One Orderly Serj*^ to 
attend on the General, from the Same. 

One Sub., i Serj^ i Corp^, and 20 Privates, will 
parade this Morning with the Guards, to efcort 
the Hofpital Stores as far as Col° Wifenfelts, who 
will relieve them as far as Col° Butlers, who will 
furnifh another Efcort, to proceed with them to 
Otfego Lake. The Officer will apply to the 
Surgeons, to know when their Stores are ready to 
proceed. 

Camp, Cannojohary Creek, ) 
June 30, 1779. J 

Gen^ Orders. Parole, Wafhington. 

r> Q- f Sullivan. 
^- S'g" I Polafky. 
Captain of the Day, Tomorrow, from Col. 
Ganfevoorts, Adj. Hutton. 

For 



Order. Book. ^^ 

For Guard, Sub., Serj^ Corpi, D. and F. Priv^^ 
233.2 60 

To be ready to parade at the Beating of the Gen^, 
which will be a Signal to ftrike the Tents, load 
the Waggons, and prepare for the March. The 
Troops will tor that Purpofe, have every Thing 
ready at a Minutes Warning.^ 

Head- 

I The accumulation of Stores, and the FormaHties and De- 
lays that attended the Movement of Gen. Clinton, were moft 
decidedly difapproved by the Commander-in-Chief, who thought 
that a rapid March, with but a flight Encumbrance, would 
more certainly fecure the defired Ends. In a Letter to Gen. 
Sullivan, dated at New Windfor, July ift, 1779, Gen. Wafti- 
ington fays : 

" I have juft received a Letter from General Clinton at 
Canajoharie, which has rilled me with inexpreffible- Concern, as 
I apprehend the worft Confequences to the Expedition under 
your Command, from the Meafures that have been purfued 
there. My Intentions, which I thought fufficiently explained 
and known to you, was, that the Troops under the Command 
of General Clinton, Ihould be at Canajoharie and in the Vicinity 
with Boats ready to proceed up the Mohawk River, or acrofs 
to Otfego, as you fhould, under a full Confideration of all 
Circumftances and Information refolve on : and that, if the 
latter fhould be the Choice, he fhould move rapidly over, quite 
Light, with a fufEcient Stock of Provifions and Stores only, to 
ferve him till he could form his Jun6lion with you at Tioga, 
where every Thing was to be provided. 

" Inftead of this he had tranfported, and by the lafl Accounts 
was tranfporting, Provifions and Stores for his whole Brigade 
three Months, and two hundred and twenty or thirty Batteaux 
to receive them 5 by which Means, in the Place of having his 
Defign concealed till the Moment of Execution, and forming 
his Jundiion with you, in a Manner by Surprife, it is announced. 
The Enemy are watching him, and inflead of moving light, 
rapidly, and undifcovered, he goes encumbered with ufelefs 



r6 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Head-Barters, South End Lake Otfego, \ 
1^ July, 1779. S 

Geni Orders. P. 

C. S. 
One Major, one Cap^ two Subalterns, four Serj^s, 
four Corporals, and one hundred and twenty Men 
to parade Tomorrow Morning at Reveillie Beat, 
in order to go to the north End of the Lake, to 
tranfport Provifions to this Place. Major Church^ 
to command this Party, and will put but three 
Men in each Boat. 

Capt 

Supplies, and has hi^ Defence weakened by the Attention he 
muft pay to his Convoy and the Length of his Line, at a Time 
when more than probably, the whole Force of the Enemy will 
be employed to oppofe him. I did not Expreflly require that 
General Clinton, in cafe of his forming a Junction with you at 
Tioga, fhould proceed without Provifions and Stores ; but from 
the whole Scope and Tenor of our feveral Converfations on this 
Subjeft, the Difficulties and Dangers that were apprehended in 
the Route, the Preparations making for the whole Force on the 
Sufquehanna, and other Circumftances, I hatl not a Doubt of 
its being fully underftood, and I took it for granted, when he 
was placed under your Orders, that he would have been in- 
ftru(fted accordingly." 

Notwithftanding this fevere Cenfure, and the Foreboding of 
Difafter in which the Commander-in-Chief indulged, the Event 
proved that Nothing unfavorable refulted, and that from the ex- 
traordinary Delays in fupplying the main Branch of the Expedi- 
tion by way of Wyoming, the SuppHes from the Sufquehanna 
proved in the higheft degree Valuable. 

I Thomas Church, who had formerly been a Captain in Col. 
Wayne's Pennfylvania Battalion, where he was commiffioned 
Jan. 5, 1776. 



Order Book. ^J 

Capt. Sub., Serjt, Corpi, D"^ Fife, Vnw^K 

3^ N. Y„ I 2 I 2 83 

4^^ Penn^ 32 37 

1244 120 

Detail for Guards : 

C. S. S. C. D. F. Privates. 

3 N. Y., I 2 4 3 I I 65 

4 Penn^ 124 34 

I 3 6 7 I I 99 

Field Officer for the Day, to Morrow, Lieu*^ 
CoP Butler, Adjutant Hutton. 

July 2i 1779- 
Genl Orders. P. 

C. S. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Col^ 
Dubois, Adjutant Dodge. 

An Orderly Serj*^ from the Same, to attend the 
Geni. 

A Detachment from the Rifle Corps to be 
ready to March, at twelve O'Clock this Day, with 
one Days Provifion, as follows : 

Sub., Serj"^, Corp^, Privates. 
I 2 2 30 

Major Parr will advife with the Gen^ for Inftruc- 
tions for the Same. 

H Detail 



^8 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Detail for Guards : 

C, Sub., SerjS Corp^ D. and F., Privates. 

3^ N. Y. 12 2 33 

4^^ Do. 2 2 2 32 

5^^ Do. I I 2 o I I 36 

4^^ Penn^ 13 ^9 

Total, 147 7 I I 120 

The different Adjutants are referred to Gen^ 
Orders of the 18^^ of June, for the Beat of the 
Drums, and when to parade the Guards. 

The commanding Officers of the different Regi- 
ments and Corps in Camp will make immediate Re- 
turns of the Troops under their Command as follows : 

i^"^. A gen^ Return of the State and Strength of 
their refpedtive Regiments, fit and unfit for Duty, 
&c. 

2^. A feparate Return of the number of Women, 
Children, Servants, &c. 

3%. A Return of Arms, Accoutrements, and 
Ammunition on hand, good, bad, and wanting. 

4^%. A Return of Cloathing and NecefTaries, 
good, bad, and wanting. 

5^%. A Return of Camp Equipage, viz : Camp 
Kettles, Axes, Hatchets, Tents, &c., allowing one 
Tent for every fix Men, Drums and Fifes included, 
and one Tent for the Serjeants of each CompX. 

The CommifTaries and Q,^ M" will alfo make a 
Return of all the Stores they have on Hand, good, 
bad, and wanting, viz : in the CommifTaries De- 
partment, Liquors, Bread, Flour, Pork, Beef, &c. 

The 



Order Book, 59 

The Qr M"- Geni and Brigade Q} M^ will make 
a Return of all the Stores in their Departments, 
good, bad, and wanting, boats, &c. 

The commanding Officers of the feveral Parties 
of Volunteers, will make a Return of their Num- 
bers, Arms, Accoutrements, Ammunition, Camp 
Equipage, &c. 

The Conductor of Military Stores, will like- 
wife make a Return of the Stores belonging to his 
Department. 

All the above Returns, to be given to the Depy 
Adjutant Gen^, the foonefl poffible. 

After Orders. 
A Detachment of one Major, 2 Cap^s, two Sub% 
fix SerjS fix Corp^, and 150 Privates, to crofs the Lake 
Tomorrow Morning at Revellie Beating, Major 
Cochran is for this Duty, he will take 50 Boats 
from this Place, and have them loaded with Pro- 
vilions and Stores, under the Dirediion of Q*" M*" 
Douw, after which he is to return to this Place 
the foonefl poffible. 

Detail, Cap% Sub., Serj^, Corp^, Privates. 

3^ N. York, i i 2 i 42 

4 Do. I I 2 40 

5 Do. 21 44 
4 Penn^ i i 2 24 

Total, 2 2 6 6 150 

Head- 



6o Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Head-Barters, Otfego Lake, \ 
4'^ July, 1779. J 

Geni Orders. P. 

C. C. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, L^ Col^ 
Weifenfels, Adjutant Elfworth.' 

I Orderly Serj^ from the 4^^ ]Sf, y. RegS to 
attend Head-Q'-s. 
Guards as ufual. 

Caps Sub., Serjt, Corpi, D. and F. Prv'^ 
3^ N. York, 112 34 

4 N. York, 222 2 31 

5 N. York, 22 35 
4 Penn% i i 2 i 20 



Total, I 477 2 120 

For the Future, the Drum and Fife Majors, are 
to be detailed by Turns, to come to the Parade, 
Daily two Drums and two Fifes from each RegS 
to attend on the Grand Parade, at the mounting 
of the Guards, exclufive of thofe on Duty. 

This Day being the Anniverfary of the Inde- 
pendence of America, the Gen^ is pleafed to order, 
that all the Troops under his Command, fhould 
draw a Jill of Rum per Man, extraordinary, in 
Memory of that happy Event. 

The different Q.^ M^^ of Reg*^% will make their 

Re- 

I Peter Ellfworth, was a Lieutenant in the Fourth New 
York Battalion, and was detailed to ad: as Adjutant in this Ex- 
pedition. 



Order Book. 6i 

Returns to the CommilTary of liTues, accordingly, 
about 1 2 O'clock and deliver it out to their re- 
iped:ive Reg^^ 

At I O'clock this Afternoon, a fatigue Party, 
compofed of 4 Capt% 4 Sub., 8 Serj^% 200 Rank 
and File will affemble in the ufual Place of Parade 
in Front of the Camp, with Hatchets, or Axes to 
clear the Ground of the Bufhes, and other In- 
conveniences, which are thereon for the Purpofe 
of parading the Army, for the (fue De Joye). 



Lieut Coll 
above party. 


Willett will 


take 


Command of the 


Detail, 

3 N. Y., 

4 Do. 

5 Do. 
4 Penn* 


Capt, Sub., 
I 2 
I 
I I 


Serjt 
I 
2 

3 
2 


, Corpi, Privates. 

3 56 

2 54 

58 

2 32 



Total, 2488 200 

• The commanding Officers of Regt% will fee 
that an Infpedtion of the Ammunition in their re- 
fpedtive Reg^^ be made through the different Com- 
panies, and if there is any fpoiled Catridjes, 3 of 
them will be allowed to every foldier for the fue 
de Joye, in Lieu of which, thofe who fhall not be 
provided, the different Q,^ M^^ yf\\\ make a Return 
to the Conductor of Military Stores, to be fupplied 
with fpoiled or blank Catridges, three per Man. 

The Troops now in Camp, will parade for that 
Purpofe. In front of the Encampment at i part: 
three this Afternoon, in one Line from Right to 

Left, 



62 Capt. Leonard Bleeker*s 

Left, each Battalion will take Place as they are 
now encamped, viz : Col^ Butler's Detachment 
on the Right, Col. Ganfevoort's on the Left, Col^ 
Weifenfels on the Right next to Col^ Butler's, 
who will clofe the right Wing, and Col^ Duboy's 
on the Right of CoP Ganfevoorts, who clofe the 
Left Wing. The Train of Artillery to be devided 
on the Right of both Wings, after the (fue De 
Joye) is finifhed, a Sermon will be preached by 
the Brigade Chaplain, on this happy Event/ 

And it is the Gen^^ Pleafure, that the Troops 
under his Command will aflemble at 7 O'Clock 
every Evening, while we remain in this Place, 
upon the Grand Parade for Prayers. 

The Gen^ expe<fts that the Troops will be as 
clean as poffible, and begs that every Officer will 
exert himfelf on that SubjecSt. 

Independance, 

I The Rev. John Gano, a Baptift Clergyman in N. Jf. 
City when the War broke out, was commiffioned by Congrefs, 
Aug. 18, 1778, as Chaplain in Clinton's Brigade. He accom- 
panied the Expedition down the Sufquehanna, and in reference 
to the Events noticed in the Text, remarks as follows : 

" We encamped at Otfego for five or fix Weeks previous to 
our receiving Orders for marching. We lay here on the fourth 
of July, and the Officers infifl:ed on my preaching, which 1 did, 
from thefe words : '' This Day Jhall he a Memorial unto you 
throughout your Generation^ On this occafion the Soldiery be- 
haved with the moft decency that I ever knew them to, during 
the War. Some of them ufually abfented themfelves from Wor- 
fhip on Lord's Day, and the only Punifliment they were fub- 
jecfted to, was the Indignity of digging up Stumps, which in 
fome inftances had a good EffecSl. 



Order Book. 63 

Independance, 1 7 7 9 • 
After Orders. 
A Party of one CapS 3 Sub^ 3 Serj^% 3 Corp^^ and 
100 Privates to parade Tomorrow Morning at Re- 
veille Beat, to crofs the Lake, to tranfport Provilions 
&c., to this Place, the Officer commanding the 
Detachment will apply to the Adj*^ Gen^ for farther 
Inftru(5tions. 

This Party will take five Boats. 

Detail, C, Sub,, Serj*^, Corp^, Privates. 
3^1 N. York, i i 27 

4 N. York, I I I 26 

5 N. York, I I 29 
4 Penn% i i 18 

Total, 13 3 3 100 

Gen^ Orders^ Otfego Lake, \ 
5 J^b'y 1779- J 

P. 

C. S. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Lieu' 
Col^ Willett, Adjutant White. 

An Orderly Serj' from the 6'^ MafTachufetts 
Reg' to attend Head-Quarters. 

The Front Line to be off Duty Tomorrow, and 
the Guards will be detailed from the 2^ Line. 

Guards, 



64 Capt. Leonard Bleeker*s 



Guards, 


c, 


s., s.. 


C, D and F., 


Privates. 


4* N. Y., 




2 3 


2 


39 


5th Do. 




I 2 


3 


43 


6th Ma" 


I 


I 2 


2 2 


38 



Total, 1477 2 120 

Col^ Butler's Detachment and CoP Ganfevoort's 
Reg^ will be reviewed Tomorrow, viz : Col^ 
Butler's at i paft 9 in the Morning. 

CoP Ganfevoorts at 11 O'Clock. The Adjut- 
ants of the above Reg^^ are to call on the Depx 
Adjutant Gen^ at 4 O'Clock P. M. for Inftrudions 
for the Formation of their refpeftive Regiments at 
the Review. 

The CommifTary of IlTues, M^ Woodman, will 
for the Future, iffue Provilions to Col^ Butler's 
Detachment, and late Alden's, CommifTary Poft 
to the N. York Troops, 

The Gen^ expreflly forbids that any more Boats 
fhould be taken from the Landing to go a fifhing. 
As the 0} My Gen^ muft get the Number of them 
and make a Return to Head- Q^^ Tomorrow Morn- 
ing. 

The feveral Returns mentioned in the Order of 
the 2^ Inftant to be delivered in this Afternoon. 

The Officers commanding Regiments or fepa- 
rate Corps, will obferve that a Report of their 
Sick, Wounded, &c., &c., be made by the Serj^s 
of the refpedlive Squads every Morning, to the 
Surgeon, that is or may be affixed to them, to en- 
able the Regimental Surgeons to make their Reports 

every 



Order Book, 6^ 

every Monday and Thurfday Morning to D^ M'^ 
Crea, principle Surgeon with the Army, this 
Order to be ftridtly obferved. 

After Orders. 
I Serj'^, I Corp^, and twelve Men to be detailed 
in Augumentation to the prefent Guards, who will 
take care of the Boats, and fuffer none to be taken 
from Head Q,^^ the Landing, without a Pafs from 
Head Q^^ q^ the A. Q^ M^ Genl The above 
Guard will be mounted immediately, and be re- 
lieved Tomorrow by an equal Number. 

Detail, S. C. P. 

4N. Y., 14 

5 Do. 4 

6 M. I o 4 

Total, I I 12 

For Tomorrow : 

S. C. P. 

4 N. Y., 3 

5 Do- I 5 

6 M. 14 

Total, I I 12 

Two Subalterns, two Serj% 2 Corp^^ and 30 
Privates, with one Days Provifion ready cooked, 
will hold themfelves in readinefs to go to the north 
End of the Lake, this Party will march at Revellie 
'Beating, the Officer commanding it, will receive 
Inftru(5:ions at Head Q,^^ 

I Detail 



66 Capf. Leonard Bleeker^s 



Detail, 


s. 


s. 


c. 


Privates. 


4 N. Y., 


1 


I 


I 


10 


5 Do. 






I 


II 


6 y[}\ 


I 


I 




9 



Total, 2 2 2 30 

A Return of Mufketts wanting for the Officers 
in the feveral Regiments, is to be made up this 
Afternoon, to the Dep7 Adjutant Gen^. 

The Gen^ requefts that the Soldiers under his 
Command, will take care not to infult the Indians 
who are in Camp, nor crowd about them, for if 
any Compl^^ are made, he will be under the 
Neceffity of punifhing the Delinquents.' 

Head-Barters^ Otjego Lake, 1 
6'^^ July, 1779.^ j 

Gen^ Orders. P. 

C. S. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Major 
Cochran, Adjutant Bofs. 

1 Orderly 

I Mr. James Deane arrived in Camp on the Date of this 
Order, with thirty-five Oneida Warriors. Their Objed was 
to apologize for the Abfence of their Brethren, in Confequence 
of a threatened Invafion of their Country from Canada. The 
Speeches upon this Occafion, will be found in Stone's Life of 
Brant, ii, p. 10; and a Tranflation of General Haldimand's 
threatening Letter to the Oneidas, at Page 8 of the fame Volume. 

^ The following Letter was addrefled by Gen. Clinton to 
his Brother, Gov. George Clinton, on this Date. 

" Camp, on the South End of Otfego Lake, \ , 
July 6, 1779. / 

" Dear Brother : 

" I have the Pleafure to inform you that I am now at this 
Place, with two hundred and eight Boats, with all the Stores, 



Order Book. 67 

I Orderly Serj*^ to attend the Gen^, from CoP 
Ganlevoorts. 

Detail for Guard Tomorrow : 

C, S., S., C, D., Privates. 
3N. Y., 3 4 4 85 

4 Pena., i i 4 4 2 47 



Total, 1488 2 132 



The 



Provifions, and Baggage of the Army ; and I am well convinced 
that fuch a Quantity of each hath never before been tranfported 
over fo bad a Road in fo fhort a Time and with lefs Accidents, 
fo that I am now in the moft Readinefs to move down the Sufque- 
hanna, whenever I receive General Sullivan's Orders for that 
Purpofe. I have thrown a Dam acrofs the Outlet, which I 
conceive will be of infinite Importance, as it has raifed the Lake 
at leaft two Feet, by which the Boats may be taken down with 
lefs Danger than otherwife, although, from the intricate Winding 
of the Channel, I expedl to meet fome Difficulties on the Way. 
It is uncertain when I fhall leave this Place. 

*' I received a Letter from General Sullivan yefterday, dated 
at Wyoming July ift, in which he informs me that he was 
anxioufly waiting the Arrival of his Stores from Sunbury, that he 
expected them daily, that it was determined in Council that that 
Army fhould proceed almoft as far as Tioga previous to my 
leaving the Lake, as by that Means he might make a Diverfion 
in my Favor, and facilitate my Movements down the River. 
This I imagine to be in ConfequenCe of a Letter which he 
probably has received from General Wafhington, and one I 
received from him dated the firft inftant, in which his Excellency 
exprefles his Surprife at my taking fo much Stores with me, 
when it was determined that all the Supplies of the Army fliould 
come up with General Sullivan, and that Nothing more fhould 
be brought with me than was abfolutely neceflary for the Troops 
until the Junction was formed at Tioga. However, as it was 
General Sullivan's Orders to bring what Provifion I could, and 
as his Excellency added in his Letter to me that it was not his 



68 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

The fecond Line will be off Duty, Tomorrow, 
and the Guards detailed from the front Line. 

The 4^^ N. Y. Reg^ to be reviewed at nine 
O'clock Tomorrow Morning, the 6^^ MafTachu- 
fetts at J paft ten, and the 5^^ N. Y. Reg^ at i 
paft twelve. 

The Men are to appear with their Arms, 5cc., 
as cleanly as poffible. 

For the Future the Adjutants of the different 
Reg*^^ will infpedt very minutely into the Situation 
of the Mens Arms and Ammunition, before they 
bring them on the Grand Parade for Guard, each 
Man mull have the Holes in his Catridge Box, 
full of Catridges at leaft, and thofe who are under 
the neceffity of carrying them in their Pockets or 
otherwife, muft not appear with lefs than nineteen, 
as the B. Major, cannot accept of any Man who 
is not furnifhed with that Complement. 

A Gen^ Court of Enquiry to lit Tomorrow, at 
any Place where CoP Butler fhall think proper, 
to enquire into the Caufe of Cap^ WooP of the 
Artillery, and Cap'^ Janfen^ of the 3^ N. Y. Reg., 

being 

Intention to contravene any Orders I may receive from General 
Sullivan, I ordered the whole to be forwarded to this Place ; 
which I have happily efFedted, and of which I do not repent, as 
I believe I fhall fall Ihort of many Articles." 

I Capt. Jofiah Wool commanded the 6th Company of New 
York Artillery. He was tried and acquitted on the 13th In- 
ftances. The Circumftances of his Arreft will be found in 
Detail under that Date, in a fubfequent Page of this Volume. 

^ Cornelius T. Janfen, was appointed a Captain, Nov. 21, 
1776, and ferved through the War. He belonged to the 3d 
N. Y. Battallion. 



Order Book. 69 

being in Arreft. The Court will make Report of 
their Proceedings to Head- Quarters. 

All Parties concerned, are requefled to attend. 
Colonel Butler will prefide. 
Lieu^ Col^ Weifenfels, 
Major Parr, 
Cap"^ Tudor, 
Cap"^ Smith, Members. 

Head-Barters^ Otjego Lake^ 1 
July f^ 1779. j 

Gen^ Orders. P. 

C. S. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Major 
Whiting, Adjutant Hutton. 

One Orderly Serjeant from Col^ Ganfevoorts, to 
attend Head Q}\ 

Guards for Tomorrow : 

Caps Sub., SerjS Corpl, D. and F. Prv^^ 



3d N. York, I 


I 


2 





2 


36 


4 Do., 


2 


2 


I 




27 


5 Do., 




2 


2 




28 


4 Penn^ 




I 


3 




16 


6 Mafsts 


I 


I 


2 




25 



Total, 14 8 8 2 132 

For Command Tomorrow Morning at Sunrife 
with three Days Provifion ready cooked. One 
Caps one Sub., two Serj% and fifty Rank and 
File. 

The 



JO 



Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 



The Captain to apply this Afternoon to the 
General. He will alfo apply for Tools to Mr. 
Dow, Affiftant D. Q. Mafter Gen^. The Corps 
of Rifle Men, will furnifh fifty Men, Officers in- 
cluded, as a Guard to the above party. 

The Volunteers in Camp, comtnanded by Cap- 
tains Harper and Putnam, will go with the fatigue 
Party as Guides. The whole to be furnifhed with 
three Days Provifions. Alfo well armed and ac- 
coutered. 

Detail for Command Tomorrow : 





C. 


S. 


S. 


C. 


Privates, 


3 N. York, 


I 


o 


I 


o 


H 


4 Do., 


o 


I 


I 


o 


lO 


5 Do.» 


o 


o 


o 


o 


lO 


4 Penn^ 


o 


o 


o 


I 


7 


6 M}' 


o 


o 


o 


I 


9 



Total, 



50 



Head-^' Otfego Lake, 1 
July 8''* 1779. I 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. S. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Col. 
Ganfevoort, Adjutant Dodge. 

One Orderly Serj'^ from the 4'^ Pennfylvania 
Reg' to attend Head Q}\ 
Guards as ufual. 

c. 



Order Book. Ji 

C, S., S.. C D., F., Privates. 

3 N. Y., o I 2 2 o 35 

4 Do., I I 2 I o 27 

5 Do., 01022 28 
4 Penn% 002 2 o 18 

6 Mafs*% o I 2 I o 24 



Total, 148 8 2 132 

An account of the number of Boats being taken 
from the Landing every Day, the Gen^ defires that 
the A. Q. M*" Gen^ will feled: tvi^o Boats for each 
of the Regiments, and one for the Corps of Artil- 
lery for the fame Purpofe, and will require the 
Boats to be brought back under the Care of the 
Batteau Guard every Evening, and no more than 
the above Number will be allowed upon any Pre- 
tence. 

The Practice of fwimming in the middle of the 
Day, is fo evidently prejudicial to the Health of 
the Soldiers, that the Gen^ wiflies to put an im- 
mediate Hop to it. 

He. therefore orders that no Soldier prefumes to 
Swim or Bath after the beating of the Troop. 
Thofe who are defirous to wafli themfelves, muft 
go in the Water before that Time, which will 
anfwer every good Purpofe they can Defire. 

The Centinels on the Bank of the Lake, will 
obferve that a ftrid: Attention be paid to thefe 
Orders. 

The Q^ M''s of the refpedive Regiments or 
Corps now on the Ground, will immediately fee 

that 



nz Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

that a fufficient Number of Neceflary Holes be dug 
in the moft convenient Places for their Reg^^ which 
are to be covered every Morning, and if any Soldier 
fhall be found eafing himfelf at any other Place, 
he fhall be feverely punifhed. 

The CommifTary Gen^ will deliver to each 
Commiffioned, or Staff Officer on the Ground, 
one two-gallon Kegg of Rum, upon a Return 
figned by the Officer commands the Reg^ or 
Corps, or the Principle of the Department to 
which they belong, after which no Returns for 
Officers to be anfwered, until further Orders. 

Head-Barters, Otfego Lake, ) 
g'^ July, 1779. i 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Coi^ 
Duboys, Adjutant Elfworth. 

An Orderly Serjeant from CoP Weifenfels to 
attend Head-Quarters. 
Guards as ufual. 

Capt. Sub., Serj% Corp^, D. and F., Priv^s. 
3^1 N. Y., o I I 2 o 36 

4 N. Y., o I I 2 2 28 

5 N. Y., I o 2 I o 23 
4 Penn^ 01 2 i o 19 

6 Mafs^s 0122 o .26 

Total, 14 8 8 2 132 

All 



Order Book, 73 

All the Drums and Fifes of the Army, are to 
pradlice together every Day, at the ufual Hours on 
the Grand Parade. The Drum and Fife Majors, 
who have the Superintendency of the Mufic at 
Guard mounting, will attend particularly to this 
Bufinefs, untill further Orders, and it is ordered 
that a uniform Mode be adopted throughout the 
whole. In the beating of Marches, a little more 
Time (than has hitherto been pradliced) muft be 
obferved. 

For the Future the Drum and Fife Majors, of 
the Day will be furniflied from the fame Regi- 
ment, that the Adjutant of the Day belongs. 

Loft in Camp, an oval Paifte Knee Buckle, any 
Perfon who may have found it, and will return it 
to the Brigade Major, will be handfomely re- 
warded. 

The Drum Major of the 3^1 N. Y. Reg^ and 
the Fife Major of the 6^^ Maflachufetts, will col- 
left the Names of all the Drums and Fifes in the 
different Regiments, and keep a Regular Rofler of 
the Whole. 

Head-^' Otjego Lake, ) 
lo''^ July, 1799. j 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, L^ Col^ 
Willett, Adjutant White. 

An Orderly Serjeant from the 5^^ N. Y. Reg' 
to attend Head-Q'^s. 
Guards as ufual. 

K The 



74 Capt. Leonard Bleeker*s 

The Commanding Officers of Regiments will 
fee their refpedlive Regiments exercifed by Com- 
panies every Day, while we remain on this Ground, 
from five O'Clock in the Afternoon untill Prayer 
Time, and the Recruits and nine Months Men to 
be exercifed twice a Day, from fix in the Morning 
untill Roll Call, proper Officers will be feledied 
for that Purpofe by the commanding Officers of 
Reg^^ The Adjutants will take a Copy of the 
Chapter, for the Infi:rud:ion of Recruits, to Day at 
Orderly Time, and fee it properly put in Pracflice. 

The Drum Major of the 3^ N. Y. Reg^ and the 
Fife Major of the 6^^ Mafiachufetts, will adt as 
Drum and Fife Major to the Brigade. They will 
always attend at the parading of Guards,. &c. 
They will fee that all the Drums and Fifes in 
Camp, regularly attend pracflifing, and infi:rud: 
them particularly in the Time that is to be obferved 
in beating of Marches. 

July \Q*^ I779' 
After Orders. 
One Serjeant, one Corporal, and 12 Privates 
will be added to the Detail for Guard Tomorrow, 
as a Provoft Guard. 

The Gen^ exprefily forbids any Soldiers to 
go out of the Line of the Camp, without a 
writing Order from him, and the Officers of 
the difi^erent Guards, are to Inftrud: their Sentries 
accordingly. For the Future, the Officers of the 
Day, will confine any Non-Commiffioned Officer 
or Soldiers who fhall be found miffing on their 

Poft, 



Order Book. nc 

Poft, and the Officers commanding the different 
Guards will be carefull not to give leave of Abfence 
to any, as they v^ill be anfwerable for any Neo-led:. 

Head-^' Camp, Otfego Lake, "I 
II July, 1779.' I 

Genl Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrovi^, Major 
Cochran, Adjutant Bofs. 

An Orderly Serjeant from 6^^ MafTachufetts, to 
attend Head-Q^^, 

Detail 

I Letter from General Sullivan to General Clinton. 

" Head-Barters, Wyoming, \ 
''July nth, i^jc). / 

" Dear Sir : 

" I am this Moment favoured with yours of the 6"^ Inftant. 
Am happy to find you in fuch perfedl Readinefs. I have been 
difappointed and delayed refpeding Provifions and Stores in the 
moft furprifing Manner. I hope, however, to march in a few 
Days, and fhall notify you in the Manner you Mention, alfo 
Governor Clinton. It is agreed in Council this Army is to 
reach Tioga by the Day prefixed for your March, that we may 
be ready to march up the Sufquehannah to meet and cover you 
in cafe we find the Enemy leading their Force againft you, 
which I have great Reafon to expect. Gen. Waftiington has 
wrote me as he has you, but I have undeceived him by fhowing 
him that in Cafe you depended on our Magazine for Stores, we 
muft all ftarve together, as the Comiflaries have deceived us in 
every Article. You will therefore bring forward the Provifion 
I directed. I thank you for the Intelligence contained in your 
Letter, &c. 

[Copy,] " I am, &c., 

" Jno. Sullivan. 
" Gen' Clinton." 



76 Capt, Leonard Bleeker^s 



Details of Guard : 






C, 0., 0., C, 


D. and F., 


Privates. 


1499 


2 


144 



Camp, Otfego Lake, \ 
12 July, 1779. j 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for to Morrow, Major Whiting, 
Adjutant Hutton. 

An Orderly Serj^ from 4^^ Penfylvania, to at- 
tend Head-Q". 

Detail of Guard : 

CapS Sub., Serj*^, Corp^, D. and F., Privates. 
1499 2 144 

For the Future the CommifTaries will not ilTue 
Provifion to any Reg*^ or Corps, unlefs the Returns 
are figned by the commanding Officer of the 
Same. 

No more than three Pounds of Candles per 
hundred Men for Guards per Week will be ifTued. 

The Officers of the Army are not to draw Rum 
with the Regimental Returns untill further Orders. 

The Regimental Q'' M^^ ^[\\ attend on Com- 
milTary Pratt this Afternoon at Orderly Time, to 
take a Copy of a Model how to make their Pro- 
vifion Returns. 

No Provifion to be iffiied to the Voluntiers un- 
lefs the Returns are figned by Cap^ Harper. 

Campy 



Order Book. jj 

Camp, Otfego Lake, 1 
July 13'^ 1779. j 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer of the Day for Tomorrow, Col° 
Dubois. 

An Orderly Serjeant to attend the General from 
the 4^^ Penn^ 

Detail of Guards : 
Captain, Subal% Serj^% Corpl% D. and F., Privates. 
I 499 ,2 144 

The different Adjutants will take a Copy of the 
Words of Command for the Manual Exercife, to 
Day, at Orderly Time, and will fee that their re- 
fpedtive Regiments does not fwerve in the fmalleft 
Point, from the Rules eftablifhed. 

All the Guards brought upon the Grand Parade, 
from the different Regiments, will be regularly 
fized, before their arrival there, by the Adjutants, 
or they will be anfwerable for that NeglecSt. 

At a Court of Enquiry, whereof Col^ Butler 
was Prefident, an Examination was made into 
Cap*^ Wool's Arreft, and the Court report as fol- 
lows : 

They are unanimous in their Opinions 

V^, That Cap"^ Wool, and the other Gentlemen, 
who difcharged their Fire Arms were guilty of 
Imprudence. 

But as the Officer of the Day was prefent, they 
did not imagine the Camp would be alarmed, as 

He 



78 Capt. Leonard B lecher's 

He is a Gentleman of unblemifhed Charadter, both 
as a Soldier and a Man of Honor, we think he 
was ill ufed by being put in Arreft. 

2^^y. That Major Whiting was in the Line of 
his Duty in turning out his Regiment, and fending 
to know the Caufe of the firing. But when he 
was informed of the Caufe, and knew it was not 
intended to alarm the Camp, but an unthinking 
Piece of Myrth, we think he did not pay that Re- 
fped: which is due from one Gentleman to An- 
other, in putting Cap^ Wool in clofe Arreft. 

3^iy. That Adju* White was guilty of ungentle- 
man like Behaviour, in making ufe of low, illiberal 
and fcandalous Language, after he was informed, 
who the Gentlemen were that fired; and that he 
•was out of the Line of his Duty in turning out the 
Guard, and threatening to fire on the Boats, the 
Officer of the Day being prefent, and forbiding 
him fo to do. 

The Gen^ approves of the aboves and orders 
Cap*^ Wool to be releafed from his Arreft. 

Head-^' 14 July, 1779. 

Genl Orders. P. 

C. S. 
Field Officer for to Morrow, Col. Butler, Ad- 
jutant Elfworth. 

Orderly Serj'^ from 5^^ N. York. 
A Piquets Guard of 2 Cap', 4 Subs., 4 Serj'% 4 
Corpus, 2 D. and F., and 100 Privates to parade at 
5 O'clock this Evening. 

Otjego 



Order Book. 79 

Otjego Lake, 15"^ July, 1779. 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, CoP 
Weifenfels, Adjutant White, 

An Orderly Serj^ from the 4* N. York, to at- 
tend Head-Quarters. 

Detail for Guards Tomorrow : 

Caps Sub., SerjS Corpi, £), and F., Privates. 
1499 2 144 

For Piquets at Roll Call this Evening : 
Capt, Sub% Serj^ Corpi% D. and Fife. Privates. 
244 4 I I 100 

The Adjutants will deliver in their Weekly Re- 
turns on Friday Mornings, and they will obferve 
to mention fuch Numbers of their Men, as are 
employed in Camp, and the Service they are doing, 
in Order to enable the B. Major to make a juft 
Detail for the different Duties. 

Camp, Otjego Lake, \ 
July 16, 1779. J 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day^ Tomorrow, Col^ 
Butler, Adjf DuBofs. 

An Orderly Serjeant to attend the General from 
the 4^^ Penfylvania. 

Details 



8o Capt. Leonard Bleeker^s 

Details for Guard : 

Caps Sub., Serjt% Corp^ D. and F., Privates. 
1499 2 144 

For Piquet Tomorrow : 

Cap% Subs., Serj^ Corpl% ^^ ^nd F., Priv«. 
2. 4 4 42 100 

The General Court of Enquiry, whereof Col° 
Butler was Prefident, is difolved. 

The Sick of the Army increaling hourly, renders 
it neceffary that the ftrideft Attention be paid to 
their refpedive Wants. For which Purpofe, the 
Regimental Surgeons will for the Future, report 
fuch Sick as they may think under an immediate 
Neceflity to Docflor McCrea, who will take fuch 
Meafures as will be moft proper for their Recovery. 
The non-commiifioned Officers and Soldiers for 
the Future, are not to be kept with their Regi- 
ments, under any Pretence whatever, provided 
they are coniidered as fubjeds for the General 
Hofpital, this to be determined by the Surgeons of 
the Hofpital. Should the Sick amount to fuch a 
Number as to require the Affiftance of the Regi- 
mental Surgeons in the Hofpital, they are to afford 
it when call^ upon. Each Regiment will afford 
its Quota of Women and Men Nurfes to attend 
the Sick. 

After the Men are fent to the Hofpital, no Pro- 
vifions are to be drawn for them by their Regi- 
ments. The Commiffary of Iffues, is to furnifh 
the Hofpital with fuch Provifions, as they may 
draw for from Time to Time. Should any of the 

Gentlemen 



Order Book, 8i 

Gentlemen Officers be taken Sick, and continue fo 
for fome Days, they are to apply to Dod:or Mc 
Grea, who will fupply them with fuch Stores as 
they may ftand in need of. 

The Paymafters or Quarter Mafters of every 
Regiment or Gorps upon the Ground, will attend 
Tomorrow Morning at ten O'Glock, to receive 
their Proportion of Shirts and Stores which are in 
the Store. 

Gamp J Otfego Lake^ 1 
July 17, 1779. j 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Major 
Ghurch, Adj"^ Hutton. 

An Orderly Serjeant to attend the General from 
the 1^ N. York Reg'. 

Details of Guard : 

Caps Sub., Serj., Corp^ D. and F., ?nw^\ 
1499 2 144 

For Piquet Tomorrow : 

Cap., Sub., Serj., Corp^, D. and F., Priv^ 
244 4 2 100 

On account of the bad Ufe that has been made 
by giving Liberty to the private Soldiers to go a 
fiffiing or hunting, and in Order to prevent a Re- 
petition of the fame for the Future, the General 
expreflly forbids any more Boats to be taken from 
L the 



82 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

the Shore by any Soldier whatever, unlefs an 
Officer go with them. And the Officers coai- 
manding the different Guards are flridlly charged 
to let no Soldier pafs their Pofts or Line of Centi- 
nels without an Officer be with he or them, and 
with a permit in writing from the General. 

Camp, Otjego Lake, \ 
1 8 July, 1779. J 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 

Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Major 
Parr, Adjutant Dodge. 

An Orderly Serjeant from the 6^^ Maffachufetts 
to attend Head-Q^^ 

Guard and Piquet as ufual. , 

For the Future, the Adjutant of Day will 
furnifh an Orderly Serj*^ from the Reg*^ he be- 
longs to; to attend Head-Q.^^ 

All the Troops on the Ground who are off 
Duty, will affemble at four O'Clock this After- 
noon (at the Place where Piquets parades) for 
Divine Service, it is expedled every Officer will 
attend. 

Camp, Otjego Lake, 1 
July ig'^ 1779. J 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day, to Morrow, Major 
Cochran, Adjutant Elfeworth. 
Guards as ufual. 

Camp, 



Order Book. 



83 



Gen^ Orders. 



Campj Otjego Lake, ) 
20"^ July, 1779. j 

P. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for to Morrow, Major Whiting, 
Adjutant White. 
Guards as ufual. 



General Orders. 



Camp, Otjego Lake, ) 
July 1V^ 1779- j 

Parole. 
C. Sign. 

Field Officer of the Day for Tomorrow, Col. 
Ganfevortts, Adjutant Bofs. 

Guards and Pickett as ufual. 

A General Court Martial to fet Tomorrow 
Morning in Camp, at fuch Hour and Place as the 
Prefident fhall appoint, to try fuch Prifonners as 
fliall be brought before them. 

Colonel Dubois to Prefide. 





Cap^ 


Subs. 


Artillery, 


I 


4 


Rifle Core, 




I 


4^^ Pennfylvania, 


I 




3<i N. York, 


I 


I 


4th N. York, 




2 


5th N. York, 


I 




6^^ MafTachufetts, 


I 


J 



Members, one of 
which is to adt as 
Judge Advocate. 



Camp, 



84 Capt. Leonard Bkeker's 

Camp, Otfego Lake, \ 
July 11'^ 1779. J 

Gen^ Orders. Parol. 

C. Signs. 

Field Officer of the Day for Tomorrow, Col. 
Weifenfels, Adjutant Hutton. 

Details of Guards and Pickett as ufual. 

One carefull Corporal and four Men, what un- 
derftand to make Neat's Foot Oil, and render 
Tallow, will parade Tomorrow Morning at Sun 
Rife, and fent to Corny Pratt for Inftrudlions. 
The ComX will apply to Captain Simpfon of the 
Rifle Core, who will be pleafed to fend him a 
Kettle for the above Purpofe. 

Camp, Otfego hake, 1 
23^ July, 1779. j 

Genl Orders. P. 

C. Signs. 

Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, CoP 
Butler, Adjutant Dodge. 

Guards and Piquett as ufual. 

The Scarcity of Rum in Camp, and the Profpedt 
of the Fatigue which will in all Probability attend 
our March, down the River, has induced the Gen^ 
to order that no more Rum be iffued but in Cafes 
of extraordinary Fatigue, of which the Field 
Officer of the Day will be a Judge, and by whom 
all Returns of that Nature will be figned. 

Camp, 



Order Book. 85 

Campj Otfego Lake, 1 
24'^ July, 1779- J 

Geni Orders. P. 

C. Sign. 

Field Officer of the Day, to Morrow, 1} Col. 
Willett, Adjutant Elfworth. 

Guards and Piquett as ufual. 

At a Genl Court Martial, held in Camp July 
22, 1779, whereof Col. Duboys was Prefident, 
and Lieu^ Parker^ Judge Advocate, was tryed : 
Jonathan Pine, Soldier in the 6^^ Maflachufetts 
Regt ; Frederick Snyder of the 4^^ Pen^ Reg* ; and 
AnthF Dunnavan^ of the 3^ N. Y. RegS for De- 
fertion, all of whom were found guilty and fen- 
tenced to be {hot to death. At the fame Court 
Martial were tried Serjt Spear of the 6^'^ MafTachu- 
fetts RegS and Barnard Minck of the 3^ N. Y. 
Regt for Defertion, found guilty, and fentenced to 
receive 100 Laflies each, and Spear to be reduced 
to a Centinel. The Gen^ approves the Sentences, 
and orders them to be put in Execution, Spear 
and Mince, on the Grand Parade this Evening, at 

the 

I Lieut. Parker was fubfequently captured and beheaded. 
His Remains, with thofe of Lieutenant Boyd, were removed to 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochefter, in 184 1. 

a Donnovan had previoufly deferted from the Britifli Army, 
and had advifed the others, who were younger than himfelf, to 
defert from Clinton's Army. The General is faid to have re- 
marked of him : " He is good for neither King nor Country." 
'The Place of Execution, was on the weft fide of the Outlet, 
not far from the Lake. Donnovan was (hot July 1 8th. — Simms's 
Schoharie County^ p. 299. 



86 Capt. Leonard Bleeker^s 

the beating of the Retreat. Pierce, Snider, and 
Dunnivan, are to be fhot at the fame Place on 
Monday Morning next at Guard Mounting. 

At the fame Court Martial was tryed Felix 
Chriftman, and acquitted of the Charge. 

Camp, Otfego Lake, 1 
25'^ July, 1779. j 

Genl Orders. P. 

C. S. 
Field Officer for to Morrow, Mj^ Church, Ad- 
jutant White. 

Guards and Piquett as ufual. 

July the 25'^ 1779' 
After Orders. 
A Complaint has been Exibited to the Gen^ by 
Col. Weifenfelt, that fome damaged Beef had been 
ferved to his Regiment, received from the ComX 
of Iffues, &c., the Gen^, upon the Complaint, is 
pleafed to order Captain Smith of the 4^^ N. York, 
Captain Rolicrans of the 5^^ N. York, and Captain 
Ballord of the 6^^ MafTachufetts Regim^^ to examine 
the faid Beef, and Report of their Opinion to 
Head- Quarters as foon as poflible. 

Camp, Otfego Lake, 1 
26'-^ July, 1779. i 

Geni Orders. P. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Major 
Parr, Adjutant Coleman. 

Guards 



Order Book. 87 

Guards and Piquetts as ufual. 

The Execution of the three Prifoners under 
Sentence of Death, is defer'ed untill Wednefday ^ 
Morning next. 

At a Gen^ Court Martial, held in Camp, July 
24*^ whereof Col^ Duboys was Prefident, was 
tryed Cap^ Daniel Lane of the 6 Maffachufetts 
RegS charged with ungentleman like Behaviour 
towards Cap^ Day and other Officers of faid Reg^, 
before Officers of their Reg^ in faying many 
Things prejudicial to their Charaders, likewife in 
faying he was broke by a fcandalous Authority, of 
which Court the Complainant was a Member. 
The Court having duly confidered the Evidences 
for and againft Cap^ Lane, do honorably acquit 
him of the Charges exhibited againft him, and are 
further of Opinion that the Complaint was vexa- 
tious and malicious. 

The Gen^ highly approves the Determination 
of the Court, and difcharges Cap^ Lane from his 
Arreft. 

Camp, Otjego Lake, \ 
July if^ 1779. J 

Genl Orders. P. 

C. Signs. 
Field Officer for to Morrow, Major Cochran, 
Adjutant Bofs. 

Guards and Piquett as ufual. 
The Geni Court Martial, whereof Col^ Duboys 
was Prefident is difTolved. 

For 



88 Capt. Leonard Bleeker^s 

For Detachment to be ready to parade at a 
Minutes Warning, with three Days Provilions. 

CoP, Caps Sub% Serjts, Corp^ D. and F., Privates. 
I 5 10 15 15 4 265 

CoP Ganfevoort will command the above Party 
and apply at Head-Q^^ for Inftrudtions. 

Camp, Otjego Lake, ) 
28'^ July, 1779. J 

Geni Orders. P. 

C. S. 

Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Colonel 
Dubois, Adjutant Dodge. 

Guards and Piquett as ufual. 

The General is incapable of expreffing his feel- 
ings on the prefent melancholy Occafion, when he 
refle(fls that among Men who have embarked with 
him in a Caufe, the moft juft that ever engaged 
the Attention of Mankind, who have fought and 
bled in the Defence of their much injured Country, 
the Bravery of many of whom the General him- 
felf has been an Eye Witnefs of, any Soldiers (liou'd 
now be found, who fo far forget their exalted 
Chara(5ler (and notwithftanding the recent Ex- 
amples which have been exhibited to their View) 
(hou'd emmerge themfelves in Crimes which dif- 
grace Humanity, and oblige the Sword of Juftice 
to hurry them out of the World. He is almofl 
induced to banifh any Idea of Compaffion from 
his Breaft. Neverthelefs, anxious to reclaim by 

Inftances 



Order Book. 89 

Inftances of Mercy as well as by Examples of 
Juftice, and encouraged thereto by the warmeft 
Intreaties of feveral of the Prifoners fellow Soldiers, 
who have pledged themfelves for the future Con- 
dud:, particularly of Frederick Snyder, altho' it is 
not the firft Time he has forfeited his Life by 
fimilar Crimes. 

The General has prevailed on himfelf to grant 
a Reprieve to Frederick Snyder and Jonathan 
Pierce, under the ftrongeft AfTurances that their 
future good Behaviour will juftify the Generals 
Condud: towards them. 

He fincerely wifhes the Fate of the unhappy 
Vidim who now lies bleeding before them, whofe 
Crimes have been of an aggravated Nature, and 
whofe Condudl has fufficiently evinced that he 
was unfit to ferve either his King or our Country, 
may have the delired Effedt upon the Minds of 
his fellow Soldiers, and effedually prevent the 
difagreeable Neceffity of a limilar Spedicle in 
Future. 

James Clinton. 

After Orders. 

A Subaltern, SerjS Corp^ and 24 Men to be 
ready to march Tomorrow Morning at Revellie 
beating with three Days Provifion. The Officer 
commanding the Party will apply at Head-Q,^^ for 
Diredions. 

Purfuing to the Sentences of late General Court 

Martial, Anthony Dunnovan, a Soldier in the 3^^ 

New York Regiment, was executed this Morning 

M on 



QO Capt. Leonard Bleeker^s 

on the Parade. Frederick Snyder, a Soldier in 
the 4^^ Peniilvania Regiment and Jonathan Pierce 
a Soldier in the 6"^^ Maffachufetts Regiment who 
were condemned by the above Court, and who 
were to be executed this Morning, were reprieved 
by the General. 

Camp, Otfego Lake, 1 
July i^"" 1779. j 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 

Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Col° 
Wyzenfelt, Adjutant Dodge. 

Details of Guard and Piquet as Yefterday, 

The commiffioned Officers of the Troops on 
the Ground, are requefted to afTemble on the 
ufual Place of Parade, Tomorrow at eleven O' Clock 
in the Morning, in order to fix the Salute of the 
Sword uniformly through the Whole. 

The Brigade Drum Major will fend on the 
Parade for, the above Purpofe, four Drummers and 
four Fifers of the beft he has under his Command. 

The General has the Pleafure to inform the 
Troops under his Command of the following In- 
telligence received Yefterday. 

Extract. 

Fi/h Kill, July 11^ 1779. 

With Pleafure we can inform the Public, that 

the Fort lately ereded by the Brittifh on Stony 

Point was taken between one and two in the 

Morning of the 16*^^ Inftant, by a detached Party 

of 



Order Book. 91 

of our Army, under the Command of General 
Wayne, they marched in two Divifions, and came 
up with the Enemy's Piquet about one O'Clock 
who fired off their Pieces, gave the Alarm, and 
run to the Fort with all poffible fpeed, in a fliort 
Time they blazed away from all Quarters of the 
Fort, our Troops were ordered to attack with fix'd 
Bayonets, and not fire a Gun. They advanced in 
quick Motion through a heavy Fire of Mufquetry 
and Cannon. 

We had about 25 Men killed, and above fifty 
wounded, among whom were fix Officers. General 
Wayne received a flight Wound with a Ball above 
his Temples, Lieu^ Col° Hay of Pennfilvania was 
wounded in the Thigh, and the following Officers 
belonging to the Eaflern Troops under the Com- 
mand of Col° Meigs, viz : Captain Phelps in the 
Arm, Cap"^ Selden in the Hip, badly, Lieu^ Palmer 
in the Arm and Thigh, Enfign Hall his left Arm 
broke, and a Ball in his Hip, about five of the 
wounded Soldiers are dead or dying of their 
Wounds, the Reft are like to do well. 

The Bravery of this Enterprize outlhines any 
Thing of the Kind fince the Commencement of 
the War, our Enemies themfelves being Judges. 
Col° Fleury, who commanded the Van Guard, be- 
haved with his ufual Gallantry, and the firft Man 
who mounted the Baftion and ftruck the Brittifh 
Flagg. All the Officers and Men behaved with 
unparellel'd Bravery. We took 14 Pieces of Or- 
dinance, 700 Stand of Arms, Tents, feveral Hogs- 
heads of Rum, Chefhire Cheefe, Wine, and a 

variety 



92 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

variety of Stores. The Enemy's killed were about 
60 and their Wounded about the fame Number. 
They had only one Officer killed, Captain Tire 
of the 17^^, who was too obftinate to fubmit; 
about 400 were made Prifoners, including Col° 
Johnfon their Commandant and 25 Officers. 

Our Men have deftroyed the Fort, and brought 
off all the Artillery and Stores. The Evening of 
the 20*^ Inftant, twenty-fix of the Enemy's Ships 
fell down the River, and their Troops, Foot and 
Horfe, are returned as far as Terry Town. 

The General further informs the Troops that 
our Privateers took five of fix Provifion Ships who 
were coming from England to America, to the 
amount of 20,000 Barrels of different Stores who 
are fafe arrived at the eafiiern Ports. 

Campj Otfego Lake, 1 
July 30'^ 1779. j 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Col° 
Willett, Adjutant Elfworth. 

Details of Guards and and Piquet as ufual. 

Head-Barters, New Wind/or, ) 
July 14, 1779. j 

Congrefs having been pleafed to pafs the follow- 
ing Refolves : 

In Congrefs, July 6''^ 1779* 
" Refolved in Congrefs that in Confideration 
of the extra Duties and Service the Officers of the 

Army 



Order Book. 93 

Army of thefe States, ferving as Sub. and Brigade 
Infpe<5tors, be allowed the former three Rations a 
Day and Forage for three Horfes, and the latter 
two Rations a Day and Forage for two Horfes, in 
Lieu of all former Rations and Forage, both as 
Officers in the Line and as Infpedtors, their fubfift- 
ance Money as Officers in the Line to remain as 
heretofore." 

July ^'^ 1779. 

" The General requefts the commanding Officers 
of thole Regiments who have furnifhed Men for 
his Guard, to fend without delay to the Adjutant 
General, Certificates of the Term of Service for 
which they are refpedively engaged. 

Extradt of General Orders. 

Alexander Scammell, 

Adj. General. 

The Exercife for the Officers Tomorrow at the 
fame Hour. 

Camp, Otjego Lake, 1 
July z\, 1779- J 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, CoL 
Butler, Adjt White. 

Detail of Guards and Piquet as ufual. 
Article ^^ of the Military Regulations, of re- 
lieving Guards and Centinels. 

The Guards in Camp will be relieved every 

twenty- 



94 Capt. Leonard Bleeker^s 

twenty-four Hours. The Guards without the 
Limits of the Camp, will ordinarily be relieved in 
the fame Manner but this muft depend on the 
Diftance from the Camp and other Circumftances 
which may fometimes require their continuing on 
Duty for feveral Days. In this Cafe, they muft 
be previoully notified to provide themfelves accord- 
ingly. 

The Guards are to march in the greateft Order 
to their refpeftive Pofts, marching by Plattoons 
wherever the Roads will permit. 

When the new Guard approaches the Poft, they 
carry their Arms, and the Officer of the old Guard 
having his Guard paraded, on the approach of the 
new Guard commands 

Present Arms. 
And his Guard prefent their Arms. 

The new Guard marches paft the old Guard, 
and takes Poft three or four Paces on its Right 
(both Guards fronting towards the Enemy) and 
the Officer commands 

Present Arms. 
And the new Guard prefent their Arms. 

The two Officers then approach each other, and 
the Relieving Officer takes his Orders from the 
relieved. 

Both Officers then return to their Guards, and 
command 

Shoulder Firelock. 
Non-commiffioned Officers, Forward March. 

The non-commiffioned Officers of both Guards 

who 



Order Book. 95 

who are to relieve the Sentinels advance in Front 
of the new Guard. 

The Sergeant of the new Guard then tells off as 
many Sentinels as are neceffary, and the Corporal 
of the New Guard conducfted by the Corporal of 
the old Guard, relieves the Sentinels, beginning by 
the Guard Houfe. When the Sentinels fees the 
Relief approach, he prefents his Arms, and the 
Corporal halting his Relief fix Paces Diftance, 
commands 

Present Arms. 
Recover Arms. 
This lafl Command is only for the Centinel 
relieving, and the one to be relieved, the former 
immediately approaching with the Corporal, and 
having received his Orders from the old Gentry, 
takes his Place, and the Gentry relieved, marches 
into the Ranks, placing himfelf on the Left of the 
Rear Rank. 

Front Face. 
Both Gentry's face to the Front, the Corporal 
then orders 

Shoulder Firelock. 

Support Arms. 

March. 

And the Relief proceeds in the fame Manner 'till 

the whole are relieved. 

If the Centinels are numerous, the Sergeants 
are to be employed as well as the Corporals in re- 
lieving them. 

When the Corporal returns with the old Centi- 
nels, 



96 



Capt. Leonard Bleeker*s 



nels, he leads them before the old Guard, and 
difmifTes them to their Ranks. 

The Officer of the old Guard then formes his 
Guard in the fame Manner as when he mounted, 
and marches them in Order to Camp. As foon as 
he arrives in Camp, he halts, forms the Men of the 
different Brigades together, and fends them to their 
refpedtive Brigades, conducted by a non-commif- 
fioned Officer or careful Soldier. 

When the old Guard march off, the new Guard 
prefent their Arms 'till they are gone, then Shoul- 
der, face to the Left, and take the Place of the old 
Guard. 

The Officer then orders a non-commiffioned 
Officer to take down the Mens Names of the 
Guard in the following Manner. 



Hours they go on. 


10-4 io'4 


I2'6 12*6 


2-8 2-8 


Poll No. I 


Mens Names. 


Mens Names. 


Mens Names. 


2 








3 
4 
5 
6 








7 
8 









Suppofe the Guard to confift of twenty-four 
Men, and to furnifh eight Centinels, they are 
divided into three Relieves, and the Pofls being 
numbered (beginning always with the Guard 
Houfe) each Mans Name is put down againft the 
number of the Poft he will always ftand Centry at 
during the Guard, by which means an Officer 

knows 



Order Book. gy 

knows what particular Man was at any Poft, dur- 
ing any Hour of the Night or Day. 

The ReHef of Gentries is always to be marched 
in the greateft Order, and with fupported Arms. 
The Corporal often looking back to obferve the 
Condu(ft of the Men, and if an Officer approaches 
he is to order his Men to handle their Arms, fup- 
portg them again when he has paffed. 

The Corporals are to be anfwerable that the 
Gentries when relieving, perform their Motions 
with the greateft Spirit and Exacflnefs. A Corporal 
who is detected in having the Infolence to fufFer 
the Gentries to relieve each other, without his 
being prefent, fhall as well as the Gentry fo relieved, 
be feverely puniftied. 

Exercife fqr the Officers, Tomorrow, as ufual. 

July 2^' ins. 
After Orders. 

For Detachment, 2 Captains, 4 Subs., 6 Ser- 
geants, 6 Corporals, i Drum and Fife, and 106 
Privates, to parade Tomorrow Morning at half 
paft ten O'Clock, with three Days Provifion ready 
cook'd, well armed and accoutred. Major Parr will 
command the Party, and will receive his Inftruc- 
tions on the Parade. 

Col. Butler will in the fame Time detach the 
half of the Riflemen under his Command, pro- 
perly Officered, for the fame number of Days, 
who are to have Provifions, and parade in the 
fame Time. 



N 



Camp, 



98 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Camp, Otjego Lake, 1 
Auguft V 1779. j 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Signs. 

Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Major 
Church, Adjutant Coleman. 

Details of Guard and Piquet as ufual. 

The regimental Quarter Mafter will fee their 
regimental Parade well cleaned, and the Dirt 
burn't or buried into the Sinks. The Sinks of each 
Regiment muft be filled up every four Days, and 
new ones dug up. 

Camp, Otjego Lake, 1 
Augufi 1^ ^11 ^' J 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day,, Tomorrow, Major 
Cochran, Adj^ DuBofs. 

Detail of Guards and Piquet as ufual. 

Camp, Otjego Lake, \ 
Auguji 2^^ 1779. J 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Major 
Whiting, Adjt Hutton. 

Drum Major for Grand Parade from the 3 New 
York. 

Details for Guard and Piquet as ufual. 
For Detachment Tomorrow Morning with three 

Days 



Order Book. 99 

Days Provifions ready cooked, well armed and ac- 
coutred to parade with the Guards. 

2 Captains, 4 Subs., 6 Serg^ 6 Corporals, and 
106 Privates. 

Major Church will Command the Party, and 
will receive his Inftrudions on the Parade. 

Col. Butler will order the remaining Part of the 
Rifle Corps to be ready at the fame Time, with 
Provifions accordingly, to parade with the Guards, 
as a Part of the above Detachm^ 

Thofe Rifle Men who are abfent and have not 
proved their Arms will do it Tomorrow at 3 
O'clock in the Afternoon, under the Diredion of 
Col° Butler. 

For the Future, each regimental Drum Major 
will exercife his own Drunyners, &c., in the ufual 
Hours, and the Brigade Major, will detail one of 
them by four, to attend the Parade, which one 
will furnifh him with an orderly Drummer from 
the Regiment he belongs to, to beat the daily 
Orders. 

The commanding Officers of thofe Regiments, 
whofe Companies are not arranged upon the 
Parade according to the new Military Inftrud:ions, 
are to have it done without delay, and are to have 
their Encampment regulated accordingly. 

Camp, Otjego Lake, \ 
Auguft 4, 1799. j 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day Tomorrow, Col^ 
Ganfevort, Adjutant Dodge. 

A 



loo Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

A Drum Major from the 5thNew York Regim* 
for the Grand Parade. 

Details of Guard and Piquet as ufual. 

Regimental monthly Returns of this Army, to 
be given in to the Adjutant General the 6^^ Inftant 
at the Grand Parade. 

Camp, Otfego Lake^ "I 
Aug^ 5'^^ 1 779-' I 
Gen^ Orders. P. 

C. S. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, CoU 
Ganfevoort, Adjutant Elfeworth. 

Drum 

I Letter from General Clinton to Governor George 

Clinton. 

• ^'- Lake Otfego^ Augujl 5'^^ 1779. 
" Dear Brother : 

" Laft Evening I was favoured with a Letter from Gen' 
Sullivan, dated July 30th, informing me that he determined to 
leave Wyoming the next Day, and requefting me to move the 
9th Inftant, which I fliall not fail to do. 

" I informed you in a former Letter that it would require 
about feven Days to move the Army to Anaquaga, fo that it 
will be the i6th before I fhall arrive at that Place, when I ex- 
pe6i: to meet Lt. Col. Pawling with his Detachment. If I 
Ihould arrive there before him, I intend to wait for him untill the 
17th Inftant, and if he does not appear by that Time, I fhall 
move on the Troops without him. However, I have not a 
Doubt of his punduality, efpecially as I believe Gen' Sullivan 
has given you an Intimation of his Movements. 

" I congratulate you on the fuccefs of Gen' Wayne at Stony 
Point, and hope to fend you fimilar Accounts from the weftern 
World before the enfuing Winter. 

" I am. Dear Brother, 

'' Yours affe6tionately, 
" James Clinton. 

" Gov' Clinton." 

— Clinton Papers^ No. 2472, State Library. 



Order Book. loi 

Drum Major for Grand Parade, from the 6^^ 
MafTachufetts. 

Guards and Piquett as ufual. 

The following is the Report of a Committee of 
Officers appointed to determine " upon the Pro- 
ceedings of the Court of Enquiry, in the Affair 
between Col. Duboys and Cap*^ Janfen, of the 3 
N. Y. Reg^ which Report has met the Concur- 
rence of both Parties. 

The Subfcribers having convened at the particu- 
lar Requeft of Col. Duboys and Cap*^ Janfen, to 
inquire into the Caufe and Nature of their Difpute, 

after 

The following is a Letter from Gen. Sullivan, giving Notice 
of his Intention to march : 

" Head-Quarters^ Wyoming^ \ 
July 30, 1779. / 

*' Dear General : 

" I with Pleafure aflure you (after furmounting every Impedi- 
ment to my March), that I ftiall leave this Tomorrow Morning. 
" I wifh you to fet out the 9th of next Month (marching 
moderately) as fome Allowance is to be made for bad Weather, 
which will probably detain us fome Time. On my arrival at 
Tioga, I will immediately detach a confiderable Body of light 
Troops, to favor and fecure your March. 

"I am Sir, with Refpe6t, 

" Your very humble Servant. 
" John Sullivan. 
" Gen' Clinton." 
— Clinton Papers^ No. 2455, State Library. 

Lieut. Col. Levi Pawling, received Orders on the 5''' to 
March from Ulfter County, fo as to join Gen. Clinton at On- 
aquaga on the i6th. He was to leave Guards at Shandaken 
and Leghewagh, and was to receive Detachments from the 
Regiments of Colonels Snyder and Cantine. 



I02 Capt. Leonard Bleekers 

after mature Deliberation, on the Evidences given 
to a Court of Enquiry, together v^ith a Manu- 
fcript, which had been handed into the Court, 
termed Cap' Janfens Defence, came to the follow- 
ing Determination : 

i^^ That it appears to us that Col. Duboys 
ftands acquitted in the fulleft Senfe, as an Officer 
and a Gentleman. 

2^. That it appears evidently to us, that Cap' 
Janfen has been deceived in his Information, 
refpedling what Col. Duboys ftiould have faid of 
him at different Times. 

3^V. That after being properly apprifed of Cap' 
Janfens good Charad:er, as an Officer and a Gentle- 
man, we do recommend to Col. Duboys to apply 
to Gen^ Clinton to have the Arrefl taken from 
Cap' Janfen. 

4'%. We do recommend that all Animofities 
between Col. Duboys and Cap' Janfen (if any re- 
main) fhould be extinguifhed, and that Cap' Jan- 
fen be reflored to the Confidence and Friendfhip 
of his Brother Officers. 
Camp^ Otjego Lake, 29''^ J^b^ i779- 

[Signed.] William Butler, 

L CoV Commandant 

/^^ Fen" Reg* and Rifle Corps. 
Frederic Weisenfels, 
U Col. Command^ 
4.'^ N: Tork Reg'. 
[A Copy.] Stephen McCrea, 

Senior Surgeon 

Northern Department. 

In 



Order Book. 103 

In Confequence of the above Report, and at the 
Requeft of Col^ Duboys, the following Copy of a 
Letter from him to the Gen^ is publifhed. 
"Sir: 

" Upon the Interceffion of a Number of Gentle- 
men of the firft Charader in Camp, the long con- 
tended Difpute between me, and Cap^ Janfen, is at 
length compromifed, as by the Evidence produced 
to the Court of Enquiry, and by feveral corroborat- 
ing Circumftances, I am fully convinced he was 
inftigated and prompted by fome envious and 
defigning Perfons to ftain my Chara(5ter. 

A fair and impartial Trial has failed them, and 
honorably acquitted me of the flanderous and ma- 
lignant Afperfions, propogated to ferve their vile 
Purpofes. Not having the leaft Refentment againft 
Cap"^ Janfen, but rather think it a Pity that a 
Gentleman who early flood forth in Defence of 
his injured Country, fhould be made the vile In- 
ftrument of deligning Men. 

If your Honor fhould think proper, I beg that 
Capt Janfen may be releafed from his Arreft. 
I am your Honor's moft humble Servant, 
[Copy.] Louis Duboys, Colonel. 

Hon'ble Brigadier Gen^ Clinton. 

The Gen^ is happy to find that the Difpute be- 
tween Col^ Duboys and Cap^ Janfen, is fo happily 
compromifed. However, in Juftice to Cap^ 
Janfen, and from the Evidence produced to the 
Court of Enquiry he is fully convinced, that the 
Difpute would never have been carried to fuch 

a 



I04 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

a Length, had it not been for the Councils of 
thofe Perfons, who appear to have had greater 
Defigns in View, than fimply to extricate Cap^ 
Janfen out of the Labyrinth into which he had 
imprudently plunged himfelf. 

Cap^ Janfen is releafed from his Arreffc, and the 
Gen^ exped:s, that every Spark of their former 
Animolity, may be hurried in Oblivion, as the 
contrary Con dud:, will be conlidered as an aggra- 
vated Oifence. 

All the Field Officers now on the Ground, are- 
requefted to attend at Head-Quarters this After- 
noon at 5 O'clock, on private Bufinefs. 

Camp, Otfego Lake, \ 
Aug' 6, 1779. J 

Geni Orders. P. 

C. S. 

Field Officer of the Day, to Morrow, L^ Col^ 
Bentley, Adjutant White. 

Drum Major from 4*^^ N. Y. Regiment for 
Grand Parade. 

Guards and Piquets as ufual. 

For Detachment to Morrow, with 3 Days Pro- 
vilion : 2 Cap^ 2 Subs., 4 Serjeants, 4 Corporals, 
and 100 Privates, to parade with the Guards. 
That part of Rifle Corps, which is now on the 
Ground, will parade at the fame Time as a Part 
of the Detachm^ Major Cochran will Command 
this Party, and receive his Inftrudions on the 
Parade. The commanding Officers of Batt^^ ^^riH 

compleat 



Order Book. 105 

compleat their light Infantry Companies to 50 
Privates, 3 Corp^% 3 Serjeants, i Ens"^, i Lieu*^, and 
I Captain, well armed and accoutred, to be ready- 
to be reviewed at 5 O'clock to Morrow afternoon, 
for which the light Companies will be off Duty 
to Morrow. The above will be formed in a 
feparate Corps, which will be under the Command 
of Col. Butler, Major Cochran, and IVIajor Parr. 

The Rifle Corps will alfo be commanded by the 
above Officers. The commanding Officers of 
Battallions, will immediately fee them compleated 
with Arms and Amunition, and ftridlly charge the 
commanding Officers of Companies to fee the 
Amunition in their Poffeffion of the Men well 
taken care of, and pay the greatefl Attention that 
it is not loft or fpoiled through Carleffiiefs, as the 
greateft Severity will be fhown to thofe who'fhall 
be apprehended either in firing their Mufquetts 
without Order, or deftroying their Catridges. 

After the Regiments fhall be completed with 
Arms, if there is any remaining, they will be de- 
livered up to thofe Officers, who may have none. 

Augufi 6"^ 1779. 
After Orders. 
A Court of Infpedlion compofed of three Cap- 
tains from the Line, will met to Morrow Morn- 
ing at 7 O'clock to infped: into fome Provifions 
in the CommifTary Store, and will make the 
Report of their Proceedings to the Gen^ accord- 
ingly. 

O Camp^ 



io6 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Camp J Off ego Lake, ) 
Aug^ 7"^ 1779- J 

Geni Orders. P. 

C. S. 
Field Officer for to Morrow, Lieu^ Col. Wil- 
lett. Adjutant Coleman. 

Drum Major from 6^^ Maffachufetts. 
Guards and Piquetts as ufual. 
Agreeable to the after Orders of Yefterday, we 
the Subfcribers being appointed a Committee to 
infped: a Quantity of Bread and Flour in the 
Magazine, under the Direction of Jn° Pratt, AfT^ 
D7 Corny of liTues, and do find fourteen Tierces, and 
eleven Barrels of Bread, feleded from the Quantity, 
and two Barrels of Flour unfit for Ufe, and order 
it to be thrown away. 

[Signed.] Andrew Porter, 

Cap' Artillery. 
John Reed, 

Cap' 6*^ Majfachujetts. 
[Copy.] Henry Tiebout, 

Caf 2>^ N.T. Reg'. 

The General defires the Field Officers of the 
Army, to meet at his Marquee this Afternoon, im- 
mediately after the Review of the light Corps, 
which will be detailed feparate, and will furnifh 
their Quota's of Guards, &c., in Proportion to 
their Numbers. 

Plan of the Line of March for the Army under 
the Command of the Hon^^^ James Clinton, Efq., 
Brigadier Gen^, together with the difi:erent Signals 

to 



Order Book, 107 

to be ufed, &c., which is to be punctually ob- 
ferved, beginning Tomorrow upon the River Suf- 
quehannah. 

I St. The Light Infantry and Rifle Corps, will 
form the advanced Guard, and difcovering Parties 
of the Troops who marches by Land, and are to 
govern the March fo as not to quit Sight of the 
Front of the Line of Boats if poffible, and the 
Woods will permit. 

2^^Y. A Rear Guard, conlifting of 2 Gapt., 4 
Sub., 6 Serj^% 6 Corp'% and 100 Privates from the 
Line, will parade every Morning before the Army 
marches, at an appointed Place, and are to follow 
the Rear of the Line of Boats, and are not to quit 
light of them unlefs by unavoidable C ire um fiances, 
as Swamps, Roads, &c. 

^rdiy^ After the rear Guard is taken out, the 
remaining Part of the Troops from each Battalion 
(exclulive of them employ'd in the Boats, who are 
not to exceed the Number of 3 Men in each 
Boat) will form a feparate Body together in the 
Centre of the Line of March, commanded by a 
Field Officer detail'd from the Line for that Pur- 
pofe, and with that Body; is to march all the 
Horfes, Cattle, &c., belonging to the Army. 
That Body (liall march in two Columns or Indian 
Files, wherever the Roads will not permit it 
otherwife, and have the Cattle betwixt the Colums. 

4^%. The Line of March by Water, will be 
with Boats, of which every Reg^ and Corps will 
have their Proportion, and (hall march by Front, 
and Rear as they are now encamped. 

The 



io8 Capt. Leonard Bleeker^s 

The i^^ Battalion of Boats marching in Front 
of the Line, (hall be preceedefl by the Boats of the 
light Infantry and Rifle Corps, which will be by 
Water as a reconoitering Party, to warn the Line 
in Cafe the Enemy (hou'd appear on either Side 
of the River. 

One of the Pieces of Ordinance fhall march in 
the Front of the i^*^ Batralion, in Order to form 
rhe Alarm in Cafe the Enemy fhould attack the 
Advanced Guard, or be difcover'd by the reconoi- 
tering Boats in Front of the Line. The other 
Piece of Ordinance ihall inarch in the Rear of the 
Laft Batf^ but one, to be ready to fire the Alarm 
for the Front to halt in Cafe the rear Guard fhou'd 
be attacked. 

The Artillery, Hofpital, Quart^ Maft^" and Com- 
miffary Boats, fhall march in the Line, betwixt 
the two centre Battallions. 

5":%. In Cafe the Front fhou'd go fo faft that 
the rear Boats fhou'd have loft fight of the rear 
Guard, the hereafter mention'd Signals of the 
Drum (hall be put in Pradlice. 

For the Front to halt, two Flams from Rear to 
Front, repeated through every Battalion. And as 
foon as the Front is halted, return the two Flams 
from Front to Rear. 

To march flower, the Taps from Rear to Front. 

For the Front to advance quicker, the Long 
March from Rear to Front. 

The Commanding Officers of the different Bat- 
talions muft have their Orderly Dummers next to 

them. 



Order Book. 109 

them, in order to give the above Signals and to 
return them, and as the Drummers of the Army 
are already acquainted with them, the Execution 
will be the eafier. 

6^%. Shou'd the advance Guard difcover the 
Enemy, or be attack'd, and if heard by the Front, 
the commanding Officer there will order the Can- 
non to be fir'd, which is to be a Signal for the 
Rear to advance their Boats clofe to one another, 
regimentally in the Front, which will be halted, 
and there each commanding Officers of Battalions 
having previoufly warned thofe Officers and Sol- 
diers who are to remain on Board of the Boats 
for their Securty, fend the Troops they have on 
Board from them, and proce'^ in Order to the 
Place of Ad:ion. 

The flank Guard who continues marching, be- 
ing arrived in the Head of the Line, the Officers 
commanding leave a proper Efcort with the Cattle 
and marches with the Reft of the Men under his 
Command where the Army is engaged, the rear 
Guard following as fail: as poffible. 

Meanwhile the Officers left on Board of the 
Boats difpofe the Troops who remain under their 
Command in fuch a Manner as to proted: both 
Provifions and Stores, whilft the Army is engaged. 

j^^^Y. Should the centre Guard be attack'd a 
Cannon from the Front muft be fir'd to warn the 
advance Guard to halt and wheel back to the Place 
of Acflion. In the fame Time the rear Guard 
will march to fuftain the Centre, whilft the Offi- 
cers 



no Capt. Leonard Bleekers 

cers a Board the Boats are landing the Troops, and 
proceed to Adtion as above defcribed. 

N. B. The Officers left a Board of the Boats, 
after the Troops are landed, muft always pay a 
particular Attention that the Boats be brought 
clofe together in Front of the Line, as it will be 
eafier (on Account of the Current) to haue them 
there, and more compadl to be defended in Cafe 
of an Attack. 

8^^. Should the rear Guard be attacked, the 
commanding Officer of that Battalion who marches 
the Rear, Order the Cannon next to him to be fir'd, 
as a Signal upon which the advanced Guard is to 
halt, and turn back as above defcribed on the 
Attack of the flank Guard. 

The flank Guard leave a proper Efcort with the 
Cattle, to condud: them to the Front of the Line, 
and wheel back to fupport the rear Guard; mean- 
while the Troops will land from the Batteaus, 
form and march in Succeffion to the Place of 
Adion. 

Shou'd on the Contrary the Line of Boats be 
attacked on the oppofite Side of the Riuer from 
which the Troops are marching, it fliall be necef- 
fary to fire the Cannons, Front and Rear, in Order 
to warn both front and rear Guard, the Former to 
wheel back and the Latter to follow the rear 
Boats as clofe as poffible, in Order to arrive in 
Time to crofs the Riuer to attack the Enemy 
together with the Troops who fhall land from the 
Batteaus. 

The advanced Guard will likewife crofs the 

Riuer 



Order Book. 1 1 1 

Rluer if neceffary, with the Baggage Boats, &c. 
Meanwhile, the center Guard will take fuch a 
Pofition as fhall be better thought of for the 
Security of the Horfes and Cattle under his Care, 
and that of the Stores and Provifions on Board of 
the Boats. 

Other Precautions, both ofFenfive and defenfive 
may be taken, according to Circumftances.' 

Camp 

I The long Delay of the Expedition at Otfego Lake, proved 
very burdenfome to the Army, and both Officers and Privates 
began to fear that the Campaign v^ould fail in accomplifliing 
any Refults. It appears that the Caufe of the Delay, was a 
Series of Embarrafments attending the Collection of Supplies 
at Wyoming, under the Dire6lion of Gen. Sullivan, but beyond 
his Powers to haften. 

The Rev. Mr. Gano, Brigade Chaplain in Gen. Clinton's 
Army, remarks concerning the breaking up of the Encampment. 
" The General informed me that he had received Orders to 
move, and that he ihould do it on next Monday. He requefted 
me not to mention it, till after Service the next Day, which 
was Sunday. I preached to them from thofe Words: '■Being 
ready to depart on the Morrow.' As foon as the Service was 
clofed, the General rofe up and ordered each Captain to appoint 
a certain Number of Men out of his Company to draw the Boats 
from the Lake and firing them along the Sufquehannah, below 
the Dam and load them, that they might be ready to depart the 
next Morning. 

" Notwithftanding the Dam had been opened feveral Hours, 
yet the Swell it had occafioned in the River, ferved to carry the 
Boats over the Shoals and Flats, which would have been im- 
poffible otherwife. It was at that Time very Dry, it was there- 
fore. Matter of Aftonifliment to the Inhabitants down the River, 
for above an hundred Miles, what could have occafioned fuch a 
Frefhet in the River. The Soldiers marched on both fides of 
the River, excepting the Invalids who went in the Boats with 
Baggage and Provifions." 



112 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Camp Demejfes^ on the Sujquehanah, "| 
Aug^ ^^'' 1779, 16 Miles from V 
the Lake. ) 

Gen^ Orders. Parol. 

C. Signs. 

Field Officer for the Day Tomorrow, Colonel 
Ganfevoort, Adjutant Hutton. 

One Orderly Serjeant for the Gen^, and one for 
the Deputy Adjut. Genl 

The Guard Tomorrow to parade at the Beating 
of the General, as to Day. The Guard will 
parade on the Left of the Line, fronting to the 
River. 

The 4 N. York Reg^ will haue the front of the 
March by Water Tomorrow^ and the 4^^ Penfil- 
vania the Rear of the faid, both will be commanded 
by their refpedlive Field Officers. 

Lieut. Colonel Willet will Command the Body 
of Troops which is to march by Land, and will 
have under his Care the Cattle, Horfes, &c., they 
(hall parade likewife on the Left of the Camp. 

The AfTembly will beat Half an Hour after the 
Gen^, and the March a Quarter of an Hour after. 
And the commanding Officers of Battalions, will 
fee their Baggage and Tents properly loaded within 
the aboue Time, that Nothing may detain the 
March. 

One carefull Serj^, one Corporal, and 12 pick'd 
Privates, will be detailed immediately from the 
Line, to parade at the above mention'd Place, and 
fent to the Gen^ as a ftanding Guard. 

The 



Order Book. 113 

The Gen^ expreflly forbids the Firing of Muf- 
quets on the Line of March, by any Body what- 
ever belonging to the Army, on Pain of being 
fevercly punifhed. 

Camp Jachums on Sufquehanah^ ^ 
Auguft \cf^ 1779, 20 Miles \ 
from the Lake J- ) 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Signs. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Major 
Church, Adjutant Dodge. 

Details 

I Letter from General Clinton to Governor George 

Clinton. 

" Camp^ Jacum's Farm^ twenty Miles by Land^ 

from Lake Otfego^ and five Miles above the V 

Jdenquetangy Branchy Augufl lOth^ ^779- J 

" Dear Brother : ^ . , 

" Yours of the 5th Inftant with its Inclofures, I received on 
my Arrival this Day at this Place. I yi^rote you from the Lake 
the 5th Inft., which I hope you have received by this Time. 

" I enclofe you an Account given me by a certain John 
Houfe, who was brought into Camp by one of my Scouts the 
Day before I left the Lake. His Information, I am inclined to 
Credit as the Particulars are chiefly confirmed by Co' Klock m 
a Letter dated the f^ Inft. 

" I have been informed in a Letter from Co' V. Dyke, as 
well as by other Perfons, particularly by Indians, that the Enemy 
are preparing to lay Siege to Fort Schuyler 5 that large Reinforce- 
ments have arrived from Canada, with heavy Artillery at Buck 
Ifland for that Purpofe, that a Body of Indians had attacked and 
defeated Gen' Sullivan ; this laft Information I received the 
Day Gen' Sullivan's laft Letter, dated the 30^'^ ult°, arrived m 
Camp five Days after it was written. Thefe Accounts feem to 
wear the fimilar Completion and illuftrate each other. Efpe- 
P 



1 1/|. Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Details of Guard as ufual, Tomorrow, to parade 
at the Beating of the Gen^ behind Camp. 

The Aflembly (hall beat three Quarters of an 
Hour after, and they march a Quarter of an Hour 
after the AfTembly, when the Whole is to move 
forward. Col. Dubois will have the Front of the 
Line by Water, and Colonel WifTenfels the Rear. 
Major Whiting will command the Troops who 
are to march by Land. 

The 

cially when we know that Gen' Schuyler and others have re- 
ceived frequent and undoubted Intelligence that no Reinforce- 
ments had or were to be fent from Canada, except Johnfon's 
Regiment and McClean's Emigrants. 

" A Moment's Refledtion will point out the Intention of 
thefe amufmg Tales, evidently propagated with a View to 
fupport the Spirits of their difcouraged Friends, retard the Opera- 
tions of the prefent Expedition, and prevent the Oneidas from 
joining us, the Latter of which they have been perfectly fuccefsful 
in, as out of the whole Nation, only two have remained with 
the Army, and thefe of the lower Clafs. 

" The Troops have advanced thus far without the leaft 
Accident, in perfect Health, and high Spirits. The moft dif- 
ficult Parts of the River are pafled, fo that I expeft to arrive at 
Anaqueyha the 15th, when 1 hope to meet Col. Pawling. If 
not I (hall wait unto the 17th. 

" Enclofed is a Letter to my Wife, pleafe to forward it, re- 
member me to your Family, and believe me to be 

" Yours fmcerely, 
"James Clinton." 

— Clinton Papers^ No. 2477, State Library. 

Enclofed was the Narative of John Houfe who had been 
taken Prifoner by Brant, but was allowed to Return, upon 
taking the Oath of Neutrality, through the Influence of Butler 
the Tory. He detailed a Plan of Invafion threatened from 
Canada. 



Order Book. 1 1 5 

The Gen^ is much furprif'd that notwithftand- 
ing the repeated and pointed Orders againft firing 
in Camp, fo Httle regard is paid to them, this un- 
foldierhke Practice, is at all Times improper in 
our prefent Circumftances. It may be attended 
with the moft pernicious Confequences, which a 
Moments Refled:ion will readily fuggeft. He 
therefore moft ftridlly enjoins every Officer to ex- 
ert himfelf in difcovering Offenders, as he is de- 
termined to punifh in the moft exemplary Manner 
thofe who may be found guilty. 

The Reg^ of Infantry will draw Provifions in 
Future upon Returns fign'd by L"^ Col. Butler. 
The Q} Maft. of the different Reg^s from which 
the light Corps is form'd, will omit them in their 
Returns, as ahb thofe Men who compofe the Gen^^ 
Guard. 

The Brigade Q*" Maft*" will fee all the empty 
Boats brought to the Landing before Tomorrow 
Morning, in Order that the Men do not get wet 
to crofs the River. 

The Afifft Qr Maft'- Gen^, M^ Dow, will fee the 
Boats of the Army file of in Order from the Place 
Tomorrow Morning, and in every other Place 
where we (hall encamp along the River, and the 
Brigade Q^ Maft*" will fee them properly ranged 
in their Arrival in Camp every Day ; and for this 
Reafon he will march with the Boats of the ad- 
vanced Guard, to mark the Ground where the 
Troops are to encamp. 

Campj 



1 1 6 Capt. Leonard Bleekers 

Campj Ogdens Farm^ Sufquehannah^ 1 
Aug' II ^'^ 177 9j 36 Miles from > 
the Lake, J 

Gen^ Orders. 

Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Col. 
Wiffenfelt, Adjutant Elfworth. 

Guards for Tomorrow as ufual, to parade in the 
Rear of the Camp, at the beating of the General. 
The Aflemblee three Quarters of an Hour after- 
wards, and the March as foon as the Troops are 
paraded. Major Whitting will have the Front of 
the Line by Water, and Col. Dubois the Rear. 
Major Church will have the Commnd of the 
Troops who marches by Land. The General 
ftriftly recommends to the Officers and Soldiers 
who marches by Land and Water, to be as filent 
as poffible, as it does not in the Leaft advance the 
March of the Army, nor does it look Soldier like, 
and befides all may be very ingurious to our Situa- 
tion. 

The General further recommends that the 
commanding Officers of Batt"^ will ftart their 
Boats Tomorrow at leaft three a Breafi:, and the 
and the whole at a clofe Diftance. As the Troops 
are under the Neceffity of ufing the River Water 
to drink, cook, &c., the Gen^ orders that no perfon 
prefume to Swim. The Gen^ orders that all the 
Troops on the Ground receive one Gill of Rum 
this Evening and each Officer one Quart. 

Campy 



Order Book. 117 

Camp Unondildj Auguft 11*^ i779j I 
52 Miles from the Lake. J 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Signs. 

Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Colonel 
Dubois, Adjt White. 

Guards as ufual, to parade in the Rear of the 
Camp at the Beating of the Gen^. 

Lieut. Col. Willet is to command the Front of 
the Line by Water, Tomorrow, and Major Whit- 
ing the Rear. Colonel Ganfevoort will command 
the Troops detatch'd by Land, &c. 

The Soldiers will fee their Provifions ready 
cook'd to Night, and their Arms in good Order, 
as the Gen^ exped: to march the Army from this 
Poft Tomorrow Morning at five O'Clock. 

The commanding Officer of Battalions who 
marches by Water, will fee the Boats attach'd to 
their refpective Battalions, regularly bayld, as 
Complaints have been made that feveral Barrels of 
Provifions were fpoild thro that Negledt. 

Camp Connagronta on Sufquehanah^ "| 
Auguft 13'^ 1779, 68 Miles from V 
the Lake. j 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day^ Tomorrow, Colonel 
Willet, Adjt Bofs. 

Guards Tomorrow as ufual, to parade in the 

Rear 



1 1 8 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Rear of the Artillery Camp, at the beating of the 
General. 

Major Church will command* the Front of the 
Line by Water, Tomorrow, and Colonel Ganfe- 
voort the Rear. Major Whiting will command 
the Troops who march by Land. The General 
delires that the commanding Officers of the Troops, 
light Lifantry, and others who marches by Land 
to Day, will make Returns to the Commiflary 
of IlTues, for one Gill of Rum p^ Man, for thofe 
Troops who were under their Command. 

The Affiftant Quarf Maft^ Gen^, will fee all the 
empty Batteaus paraded together daily in the 
Front of the Army to crofs over the River with 
the Troops whenever the General fhall requeft it. 

Camp Onaguaga^ Auguft 14"^ 1779, 1 
80 Miles from the Lake. j 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Sign. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Major 
Whiting, Adjut. Hutton. 

Guards as ufual to parade at Troop Beating 
Tomorrow Morning in the Rear of the Artillery 
Camp. The General informs the Troops under 
his Command that they are to reft themfelves 

Tomorrow, 

I Now in the Town of Windfor, Broome Co., N. Y. It 
was a beautiful Valley, floping down the River from high Hills 
on both Sides, a Mile or more in Width, and when firft fettled it 
bore Evidence of having been long occupied by the Indians. It 
was inhabited by a Branch of the Oneidas. — Wilkinfon's Bing- 
hamton^ 142. 



Order Book. 119 

Tomorrow, tpean while he expedls that the 
Arms haue been wet and which are loaded 
for fome Time, the Charge fhall be drawn and 
the Arms clean'd, and he exhorts the Officers 
to fee that it may be done thro' their refpedtive 
Commands, whilft we flay in this Place. The 
Soldiers are forbid to pafs the Line of Centinels ; 
and the Officers of the different Guards round the 
Camp will pay the ftricfteft Attention that this 
Order may be ftridlly obey'd. 

The commanding Officers of Battalions, will fee 
that the Boats under their Command, who have 
Flouer and Bread on Board, to have the Barrels 
turned over, that if there is any who are wet, they 
may have Time to dry. 

The Men detached from the feveral Battalions 
to the Hofpital Boats, are to remain there as a 
ftanding Guard, and are not to be taken away 
without an Order from the General. 

Camp OnegugUy Auguji 15"^ 1779. 

Gen^ Orders. Parole. 

C. Signs. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Colonel 
Ganfevoort, Adj"^ Dodge. 

For Guard Tomorrow : 2 Capt., 6 Subs., 6 
Serjeants, 6 Corporals, and 100 Privates. 

The Troops will affemble this Afternoon at five 
O'clock, upon the Parade for Prayer. 

On Account of the Scarcity of Tents in the 
Hofpital, it is requefled that the commanding 

Officer 



120 Capt. Leonard Bleeker^s 

Officer of ^Battalions will fend therp a Proportion 
of Tents to the Number of Sick they have in it. 

Camp Onaguaga, Augufi 16'^ 1779* 

General Orders. Parole. 

C. Signs. 

Field Officer for the Day, to Morrow, Colonel 
Dubois, Adjut. Elfworth. 

For rear Guard Tomorrow at the beating of the 
General : 2 Capt., 4 Sub., 6 Serj^% 6 Corporals, 
2 Drum and Fife, and 100 Privates, to parade at 
the beating of the AfTemblee. The afternamed 
Number of Men to march by Land : 4 Capt., 5 
Sub., 7 Serjeants, 7 Corporals, 4 Drums and Fifes, 
and 215 Privates. 

Colonel Willett to command the above Party. 

Col. WilTenfelt to command the Front of the 
Line by Water, and Maj. Church the Rear. 

The light Infantry and Rifle Corps will keep 
oppofite the Front of the Boats as ufual. Sending 
out fuch advanced Parties as the commanding 
Officer may judge neceflary. 

The General defieres that the commanding 
Officers of Regiments wou'd make a Diftribution 
of the Boats among thofe Officers who are to pro- 
ceed by Water ; who are to fee that their Refpedt- 
ive Squads are kept in clofe Order, that the Rear 
of the Army may be as fhort as poffible ; they will 
fee that none of their Men except thofe who work 
the Boats, prefume to put of their Accoutraments, 
but remain perfectly equipt and ready for Ad:ion 

upon 



Order Book. 



121 



the iirfl: Notice of the Approach of the Enemy, 
when they are to land and proceed to the Place of 
Aaion in good Order, leaving none to the Boats 
except one, whom the Officers will nominate for 
that Purpofe. And in making a Halt, no Officer 
or Soldier will prefume to land except he is pro- 
perly armed. 

All the Boats in Future, will keep in the Rear 
of the Gundalo, except the Volunteers. 

The Infantry Baggage Boats, will keep in Front 
of the Regiments, and next after the Generals 
Boats. 

Camp 'Tufcarrora, Auguji i^j^^ 1779. 
Gen^ Orders. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Mai. 
Church, Adjutant White. 

The Guard to parade at the beating of the 
General, behind the Camp of the Artillery. 

2 Capt., 4 Sub., 4 Serjts, 4 Corp^ and 100 
Privates to march by Land, to parade in the above 
nam'd Place at the beating of the AfTemblee. 

3 Capt., 7 Sub., 7 Serj% 7 Corpi% and 165 
Privates, Col. Ganfevoort to command the above 
Party. Col. Dubois will command the Front of 
the Line by Water, and Col. Wiffenfelt the Rear. 

Camp Chimingo, Auguji 18'^^ 1779. 
Gen^ Orders. 
Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Col 
Willett, Adjutant De Bofs. 

For Guard Tomorrow at the beating of the 
^ General 



122 Capt. Leonard Bleeker^s 

General behind the Generals Marque : 2 Capt., 
4 Sub., 6 Serj^S 6 Corp'^ i Drum, and loo Pri- 
vates, to march by Land, to parade at the beating 
of the AfTemblee, 3 Capt., 7 Sub., 7 Serjeants, 7 
Corp^% and 1 65 Privates, Colo. WilTenfelt to com- 
mand the above Party. 

Major Whiting to command the Front of the 
Line by Water, and Col. Dubois the Rear. The 
different Adjutants will give the Adjutant Gen^, 
Tomorrov^, at the taking of Orders, a Note of all 
the Alterations who happened in their refpecftive 
Battailions iince lafl monthly Return. 

Camp Owegy, Augufi 19''^ 1779* 

Gen' Orders. Parole. 

C. Signs. 

Field Officer for the Day, Tomorrow, Col. 
Wifenfelt, Adjutant Hutton. 

For Guard Tommorrow to parade in the Rear 
of the Artillery Camp at the beating of the General : 
2 Capt., 5 Subs., 7 Serjeants, 7 Corp'% 2 Drums 
and Fifes, and 115 Privates. None of the above 
Number are to be lent on the Parade but ftrong 
and healthy Soldiers, well armed and fhod. 

Col. Ganfevort will command the Front of the 
Line by Water, and Major Whiting the Rear. 

Camp Tioga, Augufi 11^ 1779* 

Brigade Orders. 
A Detachment confifting of a Captain, Sub., 
three Serj'^, three Corp'% and fifty Privates will 

parade 



Order Book. \i'i^ 

parade to Morning at Guard mounting. The 
Captain will receive Orders from the Genl 

The Adjutants of the refpedtive Reg*, will make 
a Return of all the Taylers, Sail makers, and fuch 
others as can wield a Needle, to the B. Q. Mafter, 
who will apply to the Q. M. G. for Orders, the 
above Men are not to be put on any military Duty. 
Alfo all the Names of all thofe Men in the Brigade 
who underftand making Toogans and Back Brach- 
ins for Pack Horfes, are to be immediately returned 
to the Q. Mafter, who will employ them without 
Lofs of Time. 

Returns of all the Tents in Brigade is to made 
to the Gen^ Tomorrow, figned by the command- 
ing Officer of each Reg^ 

Headz-^^ Fort Sullivan, ) 
1^^ Aug' 1779. J 

P., Hanover. 
C. S., Brunfwick. 
Field Officer for to Morrow, Col^ Spencer, 
Brigade Major Marfhall. 

Col. Cortlands Reg" is annexed tc Gen^ Clin- 
tons Brigade, CoU Aldens to Gen^ Poors,^ the 4^^ 
Pen^ Regt and Rifle Corps to Gen^ Hands Brigade. 
The Brigade CommifTarys to draw thirty Days 

Flour 

I Col. Philip Van Cortlandt commanded the 2d Regiment of 
the New York Line. In October of this Year, it muftered 
279 Officers and Men. 

a Gen. Enoch Poor, died in New Jerfey Sept. 8, 1780, aged 
43 Years. 



124 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Flour and Salt Tomorrow, exclufive of what may 
be ufed by the Troops this Day and Tomorrow. 
They are to fee that it be put up in Bags, and the 
Brigade Q.^ M^^ are to have it properly flung to 
put on Horfe Back. As the Army will move on 
Wednefday Morning, the Q} M^ and ComX Gen^ 
will have the Articles in their Department perfectly 
ready to be moved off. A proper Number of 
Axes, Scythes, and Facine Hatchets, to be drawn 
by the feveral Brigades this Day, and ground fit 
for Ufe. 

The Pouches and Powder Horns, which are not 
abfolutely neceffary for the Troops who have 
them, are to be immediately returned to the Com- 
milTary of military Stores, to fupply Troops who 
have no Catridge Boxes. 

All the Troops tp draw a proper Number of 
Flints, and a fufficient Quantity of Ammunition to 
fill their Catridge Boxes, alfo one hundred and 
fifty Rounds each of fpare Catridges. 

The Arlillery to draw the fame Quantity of 
Flour and Salt as the other Troops. Col. Prodtor^ 
will have Ammunition fix'd for the fix 3 Pounders, 
the two Howitzers, and the Co Horn. The fix 
Pounders are to be left with the Garrifon. 

Col. Bond to have all the Horfes collected this 
Day, which have not already been afijigned, that 
Gen^ Clintons Brigade may be fupplied. 

As the Troops fhould move as light as pofiible, 

the 

^ Col. Thomas Pro6tor was an Artillery Officer, and refided 
in Philadelphia, where he died in 1806. 



Order Book. 125 

the Officers are requefted to leave at the Garrifon 
all the Baggage they can poffibly Tpare. All the 
Women and Children to remain at this Fort, and 
the commanding Officer of the Garrifon will have 
Orders refped:ing them. 

The Officers Servants v^ho condu6l pack Horfes, 
are each to draw five Horfes. The Field and 
other Officers will make this arrangement among 
themfelves. 

As this is a Campaign where every onemuft expedt 
to encounter Difficulties far furpaffing thofe of com- 
mon Campaigns, the Officers ought not, and the 
Commander-in-Chief trufts they will not, think 
of diminifhing the Strength of the Army by a 
Multiplicity of Servants, or impede its Progrefs by 
unnecefTary Baggage. 

The Troops who want Shoes or Overhalls, are 
to make Returns this Day and draw them. The 
CommifTary and Q,^ M^ Gen^, are diredied to have 
all their Stores moved to the Garrifon this Day. 

The Troops to draw fix Days faked Provifions 
in the Forenoon to Morrow, two Days of which 
is to be cooked in the Evening. 

Two hundred and fifty Men properly officered, 
exclufive of Boatmen to be left as Garrifon at this 
Poft. Col^ Shreeve to command the Garrifon, 
thofe Men to parade to Morrow Morning at 9 
O'clock, and immediately after, move up and 
take their Pofl:. 

The Hofpital to be immediately removed to the 
Garrifon. 

A Signal will be given by one Cannon from the 

Park 



126 Capt. Leonard Bleeker's 

Park to Morrow at 3 O'Clock, P. M., for ftriking 
the Encampment, when all the Troops will move 
to their refpedtive Places with their Baggage 
loaded ready for a March. Every Thing is to be 
in perfed: readinefs previous to this Time, that the 
Bufinefs may be condud:ed with Order and Expedi- 
tion. A fecond Gun from the Park will notify 
the Army to encamp again in fuch Order, as to 
be able to move early the next Morning, without 
Confufion, and agreeably to the Plan or Order of 
March and Battle delivered to the Officers the 
1^^ of May laft. 

The right Flank of the Army to be compofed 
of 200 chofen Men, commanded by CoP Duboys. 
The Left to be compofed alfo of 200 chofen Men, 
and commanded by Col. Ogden.^ Thefe to be 
feledied from the Line, and in addition to them 
the German Batt^ is to be divided into four equal 
Companies, two of which to be on the Right, the 
others on the Left of the Army, annexed to the 
flanking Divilion. The commanding Officers of 
the Flank will diredt thofe Divilions to be com- 
pleated from the Flanks, to fifty Men each, two 
of which are to march about ten Rods within the 
Front of the flanking Divifions, and two the fame 
Difl:ance within the Rear of the Flanks. The 
Bufinefs of thefe Divifions are to gain the Rear of 
the Enemy without lofs of Time, when the Flank 

to 

> Col. Aaron Ogden, was a Lawyer by Profeilion. In 1 801-3 
he was a Senator in Congrefs ; and in 18 12, Governor of New 
Jerfey. He died at Jerfey City, April 19, 1839, aged 83 Years. 



Order Book. 127 

to which they are annexed is attacked. The 
German Batt" to be replaced by two Companies 
of light Infantry from Gen^ Clintons Brigade, one 
from Gen^ Maxwells, and one from Gen^ Poors, 
confining of 50 non-commiffioned and private 
Men each. Thefe to be chofen Troops, and an- 
nexed to Col^ Butlers Reg^ 

The covering Parties for the firft and fecond 
Line to be drawn out and officer'd, as alfo the 
flanking Divifions at 12 O'Clock to Morrow, that 
upon beating the AfTemblee, which will be in one 
Hour after the Gun, the refpedlive Corps and De- 
tachments may take their proper Places. The 
Park Troops that compofe the flanking Divifions 
and covering Parties, are to be furniflied with a 
proper Proportion of Tents, that they may encamp 
in Order of March or Battle .as the Circumftances 
may require. 

The proportion of Tents for this Expedition, is 
to be one for every eight Men. The Brigadiers 
will fee that no more Tents are carried on for the 
Officers than are abfolutely neceflTary. The Gen^ 
flatters himfelf that the Officers will, from their 
Zeal to the Service, cheerfully affift; in retrenching 
the Baggage of the Army, and removing every 
Obftacle to its March. 

Lieu*^ CoP Regnier is appointed Sub. Infpedlor 
in this Army, and to be refpeded and obeyed ac- 
cordingly. 



After 



Guard, 


C. 


s. 


s. 


C. 


D. 


P, 


Clintons, 


I 


I 


3 


3 


I 


46 



128 Capt. Leonard Bleeker*s 

After Gen^ Orders. 

The different Corps are to call immediately 
upon the Q,^ M^ Gen^ for Fafcine Knives, Knap- 
facks, Haverfacks, and Canteens. 

The CommifTary to ifTue to fuch Field Officers 
as chofe receive it, four Gallons of Whifkey each, 
as alfo to all commiffioned and warrant Officers 
two Gallons each. The Commiffy to carry for- 
ward all the Liquors and Salt which may remain 
on hand. 

The Comy of military Stores to have all his 
Stores removed, to Morrow Morning, to the Fort, 
except what are to be dealt out to the Troops, 
agreeable to the Orders of this Day. 

As there are four Companies of light Infantry 
annexed to CoP Butlers Reg^ the Rifle Corps 
together with fuch other Rifle Men, as may be 
added to them, are to be confidered as a feparate 
Corps, and kept advanced of the Army as Gen^ 
Hand may dired:. 

The Court of Enquiry, whereof Major Edwards 
is Prefid^, having reported it as their Opinion that 
the Property of the Cow in difpute between Cap*^ 
Cummings and Lieu^ Cais, is Ser^ Soper and 
Corpi Rofle of the 2^ Jerfey Reg*^, the Gen^ orders 
that the Cow be kept for the Ufe of the Hofpital 
at this Place, and that the Commiffary of the 
Hofpital pay them a reafonable Value for the Same, 
and that the Man who fold her to Lieu'^ Cafs, re- 
fund the Money to him. 

The Number of Horfes being infufficient for 
carrying on the necefTary Supplies of the Army. 

All 



Order Book. 129 

All the Adju^ Q} M^^ and Pay M^s of Regts as alfo 
every Officer of the Line under the Rank of a 
Field Officer, are to return their Horfes to the 
Q} M^ Geni at 6 O'Clock to Morrow Morning. 
The Gen^ and Field Officers of the Day, will fee 
that no Officer of the Line under the Rank of a 
Field Officer be fuffer'd to ride, and order fuch 
difmounted as may attempt it. Such Officers as 
have the Command of Reg^^ and not of the Rank 
of a Field Officer, are to make fpecial Application 
to the Commander-in-Chief for Liberty to ride. 
Cap* Cummings of the 2^ Jerfey Reg^ being lame 
and unable to march, owing to his great Fatigue 
by his marching twice to Chemong, is permitted 
to ride untill he be able to march. One Condu(51:or 
to each Brigade and no more to be permitted to 
ride, tPie Reft to return their Horfes to Morrow 
Morning to the Q.^ Mr Gen^ at 6 O'Clock. 

The fupernumerary Tents to be returned to the 
Qj M' Geni at 8 O'Clock to Morrow= 

The Troops to draw to Morrow Morning, two 
Days Flour, exclulive of to Morrows, and the 30 
Days. 

D^ Rogers,' Chaplain to Gen^ Hands Brigade,'' 

is 

I Believed to have been the Rev. Peter Rogers, who died at 
Waterloo, 111., in 1849, ^ged 99 Years. 

I General Edward Hand, was a Native of Ireland. He emi- 
grated before the Revolution, entered the Army, and rofe to the 
Rank of Adjutant General. At the Peace, he returned to the 
Practice of Medicine, to which he had been reared. In 1798, 
he was appointed a Major General in the Provifional Army of 
the United States. He died at his Seat on the Coneftoga, near 
Lancafter, Pa., Sept. 4, 1802, aged 58 Years. 
R 



130 Capt, Leonard Bleeker' s Order Book, 

is to return to Wyoming and officiate as Chaplain 
to that Garriibn. 

The Detachment of light Infantry, ordered to 
join Col. Butler's RegS to draw their Provilion 
from Gen^ Hand's CommilTary, except what may 
be drawn to Morrow Morning. All other De- 
tachments to draw from their own Brigade Com- 
miffarys refpedively. 

The Commander-in-Chief notifies the Army, 
that the fmall Number of Horfes will not allow of 
any State Stores being carried on, therefore not a 
fingle Article of that Kind is to be taken forward. 

Major Conway is to [do] Duty as Lieu*^ Col^ in 
the 3 N. Jerfey Reg* till further Orders, and Cap* 
Hollinfhead of the 2^ Jerfey Reg* to do the Duty 
of Major in the 3^ Jerfey Reg* till Orders. 

Major Fifh^ of the 2^ N. York Regiment is 
appointed B. Major and Infpe6tor to Gen^ Clintons 
Brigade, and to be obeyed accordingly. 

Q,^ Douw and CommX Woodman to remain at 
this Poft and receive their Orders from Col. 
Sh reeve. 



1 Nicholas Fifh, was born in N, Y., Aug. 28, 1758, ftudied 
Law with John Morin Scott, under whom he joined the Army 
as a Volunteer. He ferved as a Major in the Revolution, and 
in 1784 was appointed Adjutant General of New York, which 
Office he held until 1793. He fubfequently held the Office of 
Supervifor of the Revenue ; was ten Years an Alderman, and 
aited as Chairman of the Committee who firft directed the 
building of the Forts in New York Harbor. He died in New 
York June 20, 1833. His Son Hamilton Fifh was Governor 
of New York in 1849-50. 



* . * The following Books may be confulted for Information 
concerning General Sullivan's Expedition into the Genefee 
Country, and the Details conneaed with that Enterpnfe of 
Date fubfequent to that upon which the foregomg Journal ends . 

Life of General Sullivan, Sparks's American Biography, new 
Series, iii, chap. 7. t» • f 

Oration by S. Treat, upon the removal of the Remams ot 
Boyd and Parker to Rochefter, 1841. 

Simms's Hijiory of Schoharie County, N. T., chap. 10. 

Stone's Life of Brant, vol. ii, chap. i. 

Campbell's Annals ofTryon County, 1831, chap. 6. 

Hubbard: s Lif of Major Mofes Van Camden, chaps. 6, 7. 

Seaver's Life of Mary Jemifon. 

Major Livermore's Journal, in N. H. Hift. Coll., vol. vi. 

Lieut. Barton's and Dr. Elmer; s Journals, m Proceedmgs of 
New Jej:fey Hift. Soc, vol. ii, iii. 



INDEX 



A DAMS, T., 9. 

Adenquetangy Branch, 113. 
Albany, Troops march from, 22. 
Alden, Col. Ichabod, 34. 
Alden's Regiment, 64, 123. 
Anaquaga, 100. 
Anfon Capt., 40. 

gALLARD, Capt., 86. 

Bathing prohibited, 71, 116. 
Battalions, how organized, 14. 
Beaver Dam, broken up, 31. 
Beef condemned, 50. 
Beef, to be examined, 86. 
Bentley, Lieut. CoL, 104. 
Bills of Credit, depreciation of, 27. 
Bleeker, Capt. Leonard, Major of 

Brigade, 6, 38. 
Board of War, to receive Reports, i o. 
Bond, Col., 124. 
Bofs, Adjutant, 75, 83, 87, 117. 
Boyd, Lieut., death of, 85. 
Brant, Jofeph, 114. 
Bread condemned, 51, 106. 
Brigade Infpeftors, 1 1. 
Buck Ifland, military Preparations 

at, 113. 
Burroughs, Corporal, trial of, 48. 
Butler, Col. John, 42, 114. 



Butler, Lieut. Col. William, 26, 29, 
30, 34> 38, S4> 57, 68, e<), yj, 
78, jg, 84, 93, 97, 99, 102, 
105, 1 15 J Regiment of, 62, 64, 
127, 128, 130. 

/^ANADIAN Invafion threaten- 

ed, 114, 
Cantine, Col., loi. 
Canajoharie, 4, 24, 28, 29, 30, 41, 

42, 48, 55. 
Candles, Iffue limited, 76. 
Cafs, Lieut., 1 28. 
Cattle Efcort, 109, in, 112. 
Caughnawauga, 22. 
Charleftown, N. Y., 43. 
Chemung, 129. 
Chemung River, 4, 5, 39. 
Cherry Valley, 29, 30. 
Cherry Valley Maflacre, 3, 345 

troops at, 5, 42. 
Cherry Valley Road, 32. 
Chriftman, Felix, 86. 
Church, Thomas, 56. 
Church, Major, 81, 86, 98, 99, 

113, 116, 118, 121. 
Clinton, Gen. George, 28, 43, 66, 

75, 100. 



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Clinton's Brigade, 4, 5, 123, 124, 
126, 130. 

Clinton, Gen. James, placed in Com- 
mand, 5 ; receives Orders, 20. 

Clinton, Gen. James, 43, 50, 51, 
88, 106. 

Clinton, Gen., Caufes of Delays, 

55- 
Clinton, Gen., Letters of, 28, 42, 

66, 100, 113 ; Letter to, 75. 
Cochran, Major Robert, 22, 26, 

38,59,66,75,82,87,104, 105. 
Coinage of Money, 43. 
Coleman, Adjutant, 86, 98, 106. 
Coneftoga, 129. 
Congrefs, Refolutions of, July 6, 

1779, 9^ 5 Thanks of, 7. 
Conine, Lieut., 40. 
Connagronta Camp, 117. 
Conway, Major, 130. 
Coopers, Duties affigned to, 41. 
Cornwallis, Lord, 39. 
Cortland, Col., 123. 
Court of Inquiry ordered, 42, 68 ; 

Return of, 77, 80 ; on Cafe of 

Col. Dubois and Capt. Janfen, 

102, 103. 
Court of Infpe£tion ordered, 105 ; 

Reports of, 50, 128. 
Court Martial ordered, 40, 48, 83 ; 

Sentence of, 41, 85, 87. 
Cow, Difpute concerning, 128. 
Cummings, Capt., 128, 129. 
Currency, Depreciation of, 26, 27. 

"TJAM, at Outlet of Otfego 

^^ Lake, 31, d'], iii. 

Davis, Capt., 26. 

Day, Capt., 87. 

De Bofs, Adj., 121. 

Deane, James, condufts Indians to 

Camp, (i6. 
Delays at Otfego, 1 1 1 ; how occa- 

fioned, 55. 



Demefles Camp, 113. 

Depreciation of Currency, 26, 27. 

Dewit, Capt., 40. 

Dodge, Adjutant, 45, 57, 82, 84, 
87, 90, 99, 113, 119. 

Donnovan, Anthony, 85, 86; exe- 
cuted, 88, 89. 

Dow, Capt., 31. 

Dow, Mr., Affiftant-Ouarter-Maf- 
ter-General, 34, 59, 70, 115, 
130. 

Drum Beats, Order for, 35, 36. 

Drum Signals for March, 108. 

Drummers to exercife, 73, 99. 

Dubois, Adjutant, '](^, 98. 

Dubois, Col. Lewis, 40, 43, 44, 
57» 72, n, 83> 85, 87, 101, 
102, 103, 114, n6, 117, 120, 
121, 122, 126 ; Regiment of, 45, 
46, 47, 50, 51. 

tp ASTON, Troops at, 7. 
•^ Edwards, Major, 128. 
Ellery, Mr., 9. 
Elfworth, Adjutant, 9, 60, 72, 78, 

82, 85, 92, 100, 116, I20. 

Efcort to Ammunition, 52. 

to Hofpital Stores, 54. 
Efopus, 30. 
Execution — See Hare^ Newbury , 

Donnovan, Titus. 
Exercife, military, none excufed 

from, 12. 

"pIRING prohibited in Camp, 

47, 112, 115. 
Fifh, Hamilton, 130. 
Fifh, Nicholas, 6, 39, 130. 
Fifhing prohibited, 81. 
Fleury, Col., 91. 
FUnts, Supply of, 124. 
Florida, N. Y., 42. 
Flour condemned, 106. 



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135 



Fort Schuyler, 21, 22, 23, 24, 30, 

38. 40, 113. 
Fort Stanwix, 39. 
Fort Sullivan, 5, 123. 
Fourth of July celebrated, 60. 
Fowler, Capt., 26. 

(^ANO, Rev. John, Chaplain, 
^^ 62, III. 

Ganfevoort, Col. Peter, 20, 40, 41, 
52, 53. ^3> 87, 99, 100, 112, 
1 17, 118, 119, 121, 122. 

Ganfevoort, Col., Regiment of, 20, 
23» 25, 37, 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 
49- 51. 52, 53> 54. 62, 64, 67, 
69. 

Gates, Gen., offered Command, 4. 

German Battalion, 126,127. 

Glen, Henry, 24, 26. 

Glen, Village of, 42. 

Graham, Capt. John, 30, 38. 

Gregg, Capt. J., 24. 

Guard Mounting, Orders for, 94. 

pJADLEY, Bifhop, Trial of, 

48. 
Haldimaod fends threatening Letter, 

66. 
Hall, Enfign, 9 1 . 
Hand, Gen. Edward, 129. 
Hand, Gen., CommifTary of, 130. 
Hand's Brigade, 4, 123, 128. 
Hardenburgh, Lieut., 23, 
Hare, Henry, Trial of, 40. 
fentenced, 41, 42. 
Harper, Capt., 7O3 76, 
Harvey, Lieut., 40. 
Hay, Lt.-Col., 91. 
Hazen, Gen., 39. 
Hollingfhead, Capt., 130. 
Horfes, Order concerning, 129, 

130. 
Hofpital Boats, 119. 

Clerks, Duties of, 44. 
Stores, 54. 



Hofpital Tents, 119. 

Order concerning, 80. 
Houfe, John, 113,114. 
Houfton, Capt., 39. 
Hudfon River Chain, 43. 
Hunting prohibited, 8 1 . 
Hutton, Adjutant, 37, 46, 49, 51, 

52, 54, 57, 69, 76, 81, 84, 

98, 112, 118, 122. 

INDIANS, Party of, vifits Camp, 
-■■ 66. 

Infpeflors, Orders for, 68. 
Infpedtor-General's Department, 6, 

9. 13- 

Inilruftions to be furnifhed, 19. 

JACKUM'S Camp, 113. 
Janfen, Capt., 40, 67, 10 1, 
102, 103, 104. 
Johnfon, Col., 23, 92. 
Johnfon's Regiment, 114. 

]7"ING'S Ferry, 39. 
-■-^ Klock, Col., 113. 
Knee Buckle, advertifed loft, 73. 

T AFAYETTE, Gen., 39, 43. 
"^ Lancafter, Pa., 129. 
Lane, Daniel, 87. 
Legewagh, Guards at, loi. 
Livingfton, Henry B., 39. 
Lyman, Peter, Trial of, 48. 

"\/j"ACHIN, Capt. Thomas, 43, 

51, 90. 
McClean's Emigrants, 114. 
McClellan, Lieut., 23. 
McCrea, Dr. Stephen, 80, 81, 102. 
McDougall, Col. Alexander, 38. 
McKenney, Daniel, Sentence of, 

41. 
McLane, Capt. Lt., 40. 
Madifon, Corporal, 24. 



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Index. 



Major of Brigade, 6, 11, 16, 17, 

18. 
Manual of Arms, 94. 
March Order, prefcribed, 107 to 

112. 
Marfhal-Brigade-Major, 123. 
Maxwell's Brigade, 4, 127. 
Meigs, Col., 91. 
Minck, Barnard, 85. 
Mohawk River, 38. 
Mount Hope Cemetery, 85. 
Mufter of Troops ordered, 58. 

"fvTEAT'S-FOOT Oil, 84, 

^ Newburgh, private Mint 

near, 43. 
Newbury, William, Trial of 48. 
executed, 42, 49, 50, 53. 
Newkirk, Major, 42. 
New Orleans, 26. 
Newtown, Battle of, 6. 
Newtown, L. L, 39. 
New Windfor, 55. 
Norton, Capt., 26. 
Nurfes affigned, 80. 

QGDEN, Col. Aaron, 126. 
^"^ Ogden's Farm, 116. 
Old Continental Road, 30. 
Oneidas at Onaquaga, 1 1 8. 

prevented from' aiding, 114. 

fent to Ofwegatchic, 23. 

Warriors vifit Camp, 66. 
Onaquaga, 101, 118. 

Camp, 119, 120. 
Onondaga Expedition, 21, 22, 39, 

43- 
Order Book, by whom kept, 6. 
Ofwegatchic Expedition to, 23. 
Otfego Lake, 4, 29, 30, 34, 44, 

47, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 59, 

III. 



Otfego Landing, 29. 

Overflow from Removal of Dam, 

111. 
Owegy, Camp, 122. 

pACA, Mr., 9. 

■*■ Pack Horfes, 1 24. 

Parker, Lt., 40, 85. 

Parr, Major, 57, 69, 82-86, 105. 

Patterfon, Lt., 40. 

Pawling, Col., 4, 100, 114. 

Pawling, Levi, loi. 

Peeklkill, 39. 

Phelps, Capt., 91. 

Pierce, Frederick, Trial of 85. 
Reprieved, 88, 90. 

Poor, Gen. Enoch, 123. 

Poor's Brigade, 4, 123, 127. 

Popaftunk, 29. 

Porter, Capt. Andrew, 40, 53, 106. 

Poll, Commiflary, 34, 46, 64. 

Pratt, Commiflary, 24, y6, 84, 
106. 

Proftor, Col. Thomas, 124. 

Provifion Ships captured from Ene- 
my, 92. 

Putnam, Heniy, 70, 

QUOTAS, filled by Draft, 29. 

"D EED, John, 106. 

Regnier, Lt. Col. Pierre, 26, 
32, 33. 35. 127. 
Regulations of Inlpeftion, 13. 
Renflelaer, Mr., 24. 
Rogers, Rev. Peter, 129, 130. 
Rofekrans, Capt. James, 43, 51, 86. 
Rofle, Corporal, 128. 
Rum ifllied July fourth, 60. 

Ifliied, 116, 118. 

Not to be ifllied, 76,84. 



Index. 



137 



CACKET, Capt., 26. 
^ Sail makers to be returned, 123. 
Scammel, Alexander, 18, 22, 93. 
Scheneftady, 22, 24, 26, 28. 
Schoharie, 26, 29, 30. 

Plan to attack, 42. 
Schuyler, General, 20, 114, 
Scott, John Morin, 130. 
Selden, Capt., 91. 
Shreeve, Col., 125-130. 
Sicknefs prevalent, 80. 
Signals appointed, 106, 107, 108, 

109, 125, 126. 
Signals, Order for, 35, 36. 
Shandaken, Guards at, 101. 
Simpfon, Captain, 84. 
Smith, Capt., 26, 69, 86. 
Smith, Mr. M., 9. 
Snyder,. Col., loi. 
Snyder, Frederick, Trial of, 85,86. 

Reprieved, 88, 90. 
Soper, Sergeant, 128, 
Southerland, Daniel, Trial of, 53. 
Spear, Sergeant, 85. 
Spencer, Col., 123. 
Spies, tried and executed, 40, 41, 

42. 
Sprmgfield, 31, 32. 
Steuben, Baron, 9. 
St. John, 38. 
St. Leger, 39. 
Stony Point, 100. 
Stony Point congratulatory Order, 

90. _ 

Sub Infpeftors appomted, 11, 14, 

Sullivan, Dennis, Trial of, 53. 
Sullivan, Gen., 100, 113. 
Sullivan, Gen. John, appointed to 
Command, 4. 

Expedition of. Authorities 

on, 131. 
Letter^from, 75, 101. 
Letter to, 55. 

Movements of, 5, 20, 28, 
29, 

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Sullivan, Gen, John, Thanks of 
Congrefs to, 7. 

Orders awaited, Sj, ill. 
Sunbury,- Stores expefted from, 6j. 
Surgeon's Reports, 46, 64. 
Sufquehannah, 56, 6j, 112, 113, 
116, 117. 

Order for defcending, 107, 
108. 
Sufquehannah Canal, 31. 
Svi^imming prohibited, 71. 
Swivel found near Otfego Lake, 3 1 . 
Sylez, Capt. Lieut., 40. 

npAILORS to be returned, 123. 
■^ Tarrytown, 62. 
Ten Broeck, Gen., 29. 
Tents, Allowance of, 127. 
Thankfgiving appointed, 8. 
Thanks to Inhabitants for Aid, 49. 
Thuthell, Enfign, 44. 
Ticonderoga, 23. 
Tiebout, Capt. Henry, 40, 43, 51, 

106, 
Tioga, expedled Junftion at, 55, 

56, 6j. 
Tioga Camp, 122. 
Tioga Point, 4, 5, 
Titus, Capt., 26. 
Titus, James, Trial of, 42, 49. 

Death and Burial of, 49. 
Treat's Oration, 131. 
Tudor, Capt., 69. 

I TLSTER Co., Troops from, 

^^ lOI, 

Unadilla Camp, 117. 

T/'AN Cortland, Col. Philip, 40, 

123. 
Vandemark, Capt., 46. 
Van Schaick, Sybrant G., 23. 
Van Schaick, Col. Gofen, 21, 22, 

23. 29^38, 39.43-. 
Van Schaick's E^cpedition, 43. 
Van Dyke, Col., 113. 



138 



Index. 



XXTAGGONERS, Thanks re- 
* '^ turned to, 49, 50. 
Walker, Capt., 26. 
Wafhington, General, 4, 7, 20, 

38, 62. 

Letter from, 55. 
Watches to be regulated daily, 1 8. 
Wayne, Col. 56, 
Wayne, Gen., 91, 100. 
Weifenfels, Lt.-Col. Fred., 32, 37, 

38, 52, 54, 60, 62, 69, 72, 79, 

84, 86, 90, 102, 116, 120, 121, 

122. 
Whiflcy ifliied, 128. 
White, Adjutant, 63, 73, 79, 83", 

86, 93, 104, 117, 121. 
Whiting, Major, 30, 31, 69,76, 



78, 83, 98, 114, 116, 117, 118, 
122. 
Willet, Lieut.-Col., 22, 32, 34, 
38, 40, 44, 47, 61, 63, 73, 85, 
92, 106, 112, 117, 121. 
Windfor, Broome Co., Ii8. 
Woodman, Commiffary, 34, 64, 

130. 
Wool, Capt. Joiiah, 40, 6^, 77, 

78. _ 
Wyoming, 30, 101, ni, 130. 
Delays at, 56, 
Maffacre, 3. 
Sullivan at, 67. 

YATES, Col., 41. 
Yorktown, 39. 



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